Our atmosphere's heat-trapping gases are like steroids for weather, supercharging wildfires and other severe events. Last ...

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

Planned work on Highway 101 in southern San Luis Obispo County has been postponed due to the Gifford Fire. According to ...

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

As the Gifford Fire stretches into a second week, the most intense portion of the massive blaze is taking place in South San Luis Obispo County, near the rural community of Huasna.

Saturday marks day 9 of the Gifford Fire and firefighters have another day of hot and dry weather to contend with as they continue to fight the growing blaze.

The possible intermittent full traffic stops in both directions of US 101, approximately two-miles north of the Santa Maria River ...

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

More than 800 structures are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central California ...

A large brush fire continues to grow off Highway 166 east of Santa Maria and near Cuyama prompting numerous evacuations.

About 1,400 firefighters have been deployed in France's southern Aude region to prevent the country's largest wildfire in ...

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 99,232 acres after being active for six days. A fire crew of 3,431 has been working ...