A fast-moving vegetation fire burning along both sides of Highway 166 east of Santa Maria had blackened an estimated 12,400 ...

The Gifford Fire is burning on both sides of Highway 166 near the burn scar of July’s Madre Fire. Evacuations have been ordered for parts of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

In Santa Maria, demolition on what used to be the Original Roadhouse Grill was underway this weekend. That building, along with the closed Hometown Buffet restaurant next to it, were approved to ...