Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 104,402 acres after being active for eight days. A fire crew of 3,685 has been ...

As the Gifford Fire continues to spread, smoke and ash have settled across large portions of Santa Barbara County.

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

People v. David Scott Genovese, Santa Barbara Superior Court Case No. 25CR00765 Santa Barbara County District Attorney John T ...

There could be some changes with the priority spots for urchin fishermen in the Santa Barbara Harbor. The nine boats in the ...

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

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 held a community meeting in Sisquoc at Santa Barbara County Fire Station 23 on Thursday night. They ...

Norm Yost, a longtime vintner and the first in Santa Barbara County to produce sparkling wine, will be honored as Vintner of ...

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

Over a dozen additional cities joined the lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security over immigration raids ...

That remote stretch of highway has a history of dangerous emergency response incidents, from fires to road collapse.