Santa Margarita Lake Recreation Area in eastern San Luis Obispo announced it reopened to the public Tuesday as the county ...

Firefighters have the Gifford Fire 33% contained at 119,214 acres off Highway 166 east of Santa Maria with evacuations ...

Staying at 131,589 acres, the Gifford Fire was 91% contained on Monday morning, according to an incident update by the Los ...

Containment on the Gifford Fire has increased to 91%, according to Los Padres National Forest (LPNF) officials.

The Los Padres National Forest (LPNF) reports that the Gifford Fire is now 77% contained after burning 132,605 acres.

Over the next 24 hours, the fire’s behavior should be limited inside the perimeter, the Los Padres National Forest reported.

Within hours of the Aug. 1 ignition, the Gifford Fire exploded as flames raced through tall, dry grasses and thick chaparral, ...

The improvement in fire conditions comes after the agency reported that its backfiring operation was successful in stopping ...

Firefighters were preparing for a “strategic firing operation” Tuesday that could help the battle against the main part of ...

Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order Thursday declaring a statewide disaster emergency due to weather conditions that ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental ...

A megafire that straddles two Central California counties has forced Caltrans to cancel its plans to close a highway near the ...