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

Nearly 2,000 firefighters are fighting a battle against the Gifford wildfire in central California that has already burned ...

Temporary evacuation sites were established at Benjamin Foxen Elementary School in Santa Maria and the Cuyama Valley Family ...

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. Since its discovery ...

Gifford surpassed Palisades on Saturday to become the state’s second-biggest 2025 fire. It is adjacent to the footprint of ...

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

Forest Service firefighters return to the highway ater working on hot spots in the Cuyama River. The Gifford Fire burned an ...

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

Footage taken on Monday (July 4) shows fire crews working on the grounds close to the Gifford Fire to contain the blaze. The ...

The fire, which ignited Friday afternoon northeast of Santa Maria in the Los Padres National Forest, is only 3% contained. At ...

VIIRS/MODIS satellite hotspot data is updated daily in the morning with the red dots indicating which direction the fire is ...