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

Cmdr. David Culver was appointed Chief of the Arroyo Grande Police Department, according to a news release from the city on ...

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured as it burned through Los Padres National Forest.

The Gifford Fire scorched more than 129 square miles (334 square kilometers) of coastal Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo ...

As of Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Gifford Fire had scorched more than 82,000 acres, triggering evacuations and closing a key stretch ...

A wildfire that broke out in multiple locations has burned over 82,491 acres in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County.The Gifford Fire started in the area of ...

More than 870 remote homes and other structures at the northern edge of Los Padres National Forest are threatened by the ...

Smoke from the Gifford Fire was hovering over parts of the county, causing sooty air quality and possible ash exposure starting Wednesday, Aug. 6, according to a news release from the San Luis Obispo ...

With the Gifford Fire burning just a few miles away east of Santa Maria, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base is providing ...