Gifford started along Highway 166 east of Santa Maria, adjacent to the footprint of the year’s previous biggest fire: Madre, ...

Temporary evacuation sites were established at Benjamin Foxen Elementary School in Santa Maria and the Cuyama Valley Family ...

Fire managers for the U.S. Forest Service put Gifford at 49,761 acres (77 square miles), with 3% containment. Three people ...

The Gifford Fire in Southern California has consumed over 80,000 acres and forced parts of two counties to be evacuated. The ...

Gifford fire in Southern California spreads to over 30,500 acres, prompting evacuations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...

The nuclear power plant has reduced output from one of its units due its transmission lines’ proximity to the fire.

A brush fire broke out Monday morning in the Big Bear area and expanded to more than 300 acres hours later at the start of a warm week in Southern California. The Gold Fire in San Bernardino National ...

Evacuations were ordered at the edge of Susanville because of a wildfire that started Thursday afternoon. As of 8:30 p.m. on ...

Last year at the start of August, the two fires that would become California’s biggest of 2024 had been burning for a little ...

A massive wildfire burning in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now California’s largest wildfire of the ...

A widespread heat wave is expected to intensify fire concerns across California as temperatures rise and landscapes further ...

A massive wildfire is churning through Los Padres National Forest in central California, threatening hundreds of homes and ...