Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 131,589 acres after being active for 18 days. A crew of 2,713 firefighters has been ...

I hope you enjoyed Capt. Chuck Colby’s column last week about the new command vehicle around Lewiston now. It certainly has ...

Santa Margarita Lake Recreation Area in eastern San Luis Obispo announced reopened to the public Tuesday as the county ...

As of Monday Morning, fire officials say the fire was 91 percent contained and had burned 131,589 acres, unchanged from the day prior.

Staying at 131,589 acres, the Gifford Fire was 91% contained on Monday morning, according to an incident update by the Los ...

The Gifford Fire burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties has burnedover 190 square miles.The fire started on ...

The Los Padres National Forest (LPNF) reports that the Gifford Fire is now 77% contained after burning 132,605 acres.

Within hours of the Aug. 1 ignition, the Gifford Fire exploded as flames raced through tall, dry grasses and thick chaparral, ...

A map shared by the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services on X showed that evacuation orders and warnings were ...

Fire crews have reached 51% containment for the Gifford Fire and progress prompted officials in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties to downgrade or ...