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

The Gifford Fire that has scorched close to 100,000 acres of rural San Luis Obispo County showed some signs of relenting ...

The Gifford Fire, burning in rural San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, continued to grow Thursday morning, charring ...

As of Friday, the Gifford Fire has burned a destructive path through San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties for just ...

It’s a little too close for comfort,” one South County rancher said as she watched the giant smoke plume from the fire.

The Gifford Fire that has scorched close to 100,000 acres of rural San Luis Obispo County showed some signs of relenting overnight into Friday as fire crews worked to contain the blaze.

More than 1,000 personnel worked to control the Gifford Fire in California’s Los Padres National Forest on August 4. The fire, which broke out on August 1, had reached 65,062 acres and was three ...

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

New evacuation orders and warnings have been issued for the Huasna Valley and Lopez Lake areas due to the Gifford Fire.

Gifford Fire officials report minimal growth overnight after a rapid expansion of the fire on the northwest side on Thursday.

California’s largest wildfire of 2025 has exploded in size, prompting urgent evacuations as fire-fueling heat grips the ...

San Luis Obispo County’s crack down on illegal fireworks on the July 4 weekend this year led to dozens of citations and ...