With fire crews bracing for hotter, dryer weather, the evacuation zone was expanded for California’s biggest fire of the ...

Calm winds overnight helped Gifford Fire crews build containment lines on the “rapidly-growing fire on the northern flank,” ...

UPDATE (5:50 p.m.) - The Gifford Fire has grown to 72,460 acres, according to CAL FIRE. Containment remains at 3%. ___ UPDATE ...

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

Firefighting drop just above the treetops in the steep Cuyama River drainage. The Gifford Fire burned an estimated 5,000 acres on both sides of Highway 166 east of Highway 101 on Aug. 1, 2025. David ...

The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 83,000 acres of California’s Central Coast, becoming the state’s largest wildfire of ...

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 ...

A large brush fire continues to grow off Highway 166 east of Santa Maria and near Cuyama prompting numerous evacuations.

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