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

The press release below, in English and Spanish, from Direct Relief details free N95 mask distribution sites as the largest ...

A wildfire in Southern California has burned over 72,000 acres in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, officials said.

A massive wildfire burning in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now California’s largest wildfire of the ...

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

Gifford started along Highway 166 east of Santa Maria, adjacent to the footprint of the year’s previous biggest fire: Madre, ...

The blaze threatened about 450 structures and forced the closure of the highway in both directions east of Santa Maria, a ...

The nuclear power plant has reduced output from one of its units due its transmission lines’ proximity to the fire.

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

Temporary evacuation sites were established at Benjamin Foxen Elementary School in Santa Maria and the Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center in New Cuyama, Cal Fire said. The agency also reported that ...

As of Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Gifford Fire had scorched more than 82,000 acres, triggering evacuations and closing a key stretch ...

California’s Gifford Fire has scorched more than 82,000 acres, injuring at least three people and forcing evacuations in ...