The fire is burning with dry and hot conditions, as temperatures climb above 100 degrees in mountainous terrain on the Central Coast.

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 ...

Planned work on Highway 101 in southern San Luis Obispo County has been postponed due to the Gifford Fire. According to ...

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 ...

A day after the Canyon Fire ignited in Ventura County, California, it has torched nearly 5,000 acres of land and triggered evacuation orders.

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

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 ...

The Gifford fire has become the largest wildfire in California so far this year, with the 'megafire' having burned over ...

As the Gifford wildfire rages on, Southern California faces its largest blaze of 2025. With extreme heat and dry conditions, ...

California’s largest wildfire of 2025 has exploded in size, prompting urgent evacuations as fire-fueling heat grips the ...