With the Gifford Fire burning just a few miles away east of Santa Maria, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base is providing ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental ...

More than 870 remote homes and other structures at the northern edge of Los Padres National Forest are threatened by the ...

Calm winds overnight helped Gifford Fire crews build containment lines on the “rapidly-growing fire on the northern flank,” ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (KABC) -- Firefighters are trying to gain control of the Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara and San Luis ...

The Gifford Fire in California has grown to nearly 84,000 acres as of Wednesday, Aug. 6, making it the largest blaze the state has seen this year. The fire has consumed 83,933 acres and is 9% ...

The Gifford Fire was first reported Friday near the Gifford trailhead in Los Padres National Forest, around 15 miles east of ...

The Gifford Fire is burning on both sides of Highway 166 near the burn scar of July’s Madre Fire. Evacuations have been ...

A fast-moving vegetation fire burning along both sides of Highway 166 east of Santa Maria had blackened an estimated 12,400 ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Officers from the Santa Maria Police Department Gang Suppression Team say they conducted a traffic stop ...

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured as it burned through Los Padres National Forest.