Fire crews have reached 51% containment for the Gifford Fire and progress prompted officials in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties to downgrade or ...

Crews reached 61% containment on the Gifford Fire Friday after two weeks of fighting the blaze in remote, rugged terrain.

The improvement in fire conditions comes after the agency reported that its backfiring operation was successful in stopping forward spread on the north side of the fire. The strategic firing was ...

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 132,605 acres after being active for 13 days. A crew of 4,946 firefighters has been ...

Firefighters scrambled to control a fast-moving wildfire that erupted Thursday morning in hills along Interstate 5 in northwestern Los Angeles County, officials said.

Firefighters with air support scrambled to control a wind-driven wildfire that erupted Thursday morning in hills along ...

Many evacuation warnings and orders were issued due to the Gifford Fire. What goes into issuing these orders and who decides ...

San Luis Obispo County Animal Services is taking in animals that had to evacuate due to the Gifford Fire. So far, they have ...

A dramatically large and dark column of smoke dominated the sky Tuesday as the Gifford Fire continued to burn in San Luis ...

The last two weeks of 2025’s summer vacation on the Central Coast was overshadowed—literally in many places—by the Gifford ...

Firefighters are scrambling to control a fast-moving wildfire that erupted in hills along Interstate 5 in northwestern Los ...