The Gifford Fire that has scorched close to 100,000 acres of rural San Luis Obispo County showed some signs of relenting ...

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 99,232 ...

It’s a little too close for comfort,” one South County rancher said as she watched the giant smoke plume from the fire.

The Gifford Fire, burning in rural San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, continued to grow Thursday morning, charring ...

The Gifford Fire that has scorched close to 100,000 acres of rural San Luis Obispo County showed some signs of relenting overnight into Friday as fire crews worked to contain the blaze.

The map above shows Gifford’s evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line. Shown as a gray tone ...

Gifford Fire officials report minimal growth overnight after a rapid expansion of the fire on the northwest side on Thursday.

Emergency officials announced new evacuation orders in San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday due to the Gifford Fire.

More than 1,000 personnel worked to control the Gifford Fire in California’s Los Padres National Forest on August 4. The fire, which broke out on August 1, had reached 65,062 acres and was three ...

San Luis Obispo County’s crack down on illegal fireworks on the July 4 weekend this year led to dozens of citations and ...

Highway 166 has been closed for a week since the Gifford Fire started and will likely remain closed for several more days, ...

California’s largest wildfire of 2025 is growing rapidly, prompting urgent evacuations as fire-fueling heat grips the region.