The Gifford Fire continues to burn in rugged wilderness areas of the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo County.

The Gifford Fire is burning through thousands of acres becoming California’s largest blaze of the year and threatening thousands of homes and areas near Los Padres National Forest in the ...

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.

A huge blaze burning in Southern California has been dubbed a 'megafire' after becoming the largest wildfire in the state this year. The Golden State has had a torrid 2025, starting off with the ...

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 104,402 acres after being active for eight days. A fire crew of 3,685 has been ...

CAL FIRE wrote on X on Friday: "California is under a heat wave, bringing hot, dry, and windy conditions, making wildfires more likely to occur and to spread fast. When temps soar, even a tiny spark ...

The marine layer returns acting to cool the coast and valleys while the mountains and deserts will remain above average with heat alerts into early next week ...

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.

The Gifford Fire has now burned more than 100,000 acres, according to the latest mapping by Intel aircraft. As of Friday ...

As California’s largest fire currently rages on in San Luis Obispo County, consuming nearly 100,000 acres of land with only ...

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

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