While winds continue to cause concern, cooler weather is knocking on our door. Here is a look at your full microclimate ...

The Madre and Gifford fires have to date scorched more than 200,000 acres on the Central Coast. Why was the area so ...

Firefighters battling the Gifford Fire will continue backfiring operations on Wednesday in the Garcia Wilderness in an attempt to slow the fire’s spread.

The Gifford Fire grew by around 3,000 acres overnight as fire crews initiated strategic burns and worked to corral the ...

Santa Margarita residents have played host to a fire camp of thousands of fire crew personnel responding to the Gifford Fire.

The Gifford Fire sent up a big plume of smoke on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, as fire crews initiated strategic burns and worked ...

With the Gifford fire burning largely to the north in San Luis Obispo County Wednesday, Caltrans reopened Highway 166 ...

With the Gifford fire burning largely to the north in San Luis Obispo County Wednesday, Caltrans reopened Highway 166 at noon ...

Highway 166 runs along the Cuyama River, with San Luis Obispo County to the north and Santa Barbara County to the south. Even though the roadway is now open, the California Department of ...

As the largest and most challenging wildfire in California so far in 2025 moves further northward and fire crews are ...

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California.

Cooking Fire initially started today at 3:30 p.m. in San Diego County, California. It has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service. The fire is suspected to be sparked ...