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

From when it broke out on Aug. 1 to the latest efforts to contain the blaze as it enters the weekend, here’s a look at the ...

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 ...

The map above shows Gifford’s evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line. Shown as a gray tone ...

The Gifford Fire has now burned more than 100,000 acres, according to the latest mapping by Intel aircraft. As of Friday ...

Firefighters continue to battle the Gifford Fire, which has been bringing smoke and poor air quality to parts of Southern ...

Gifford Fire officials held a community meeting in Sisquoc at Santa Barbara County Fire Station 23 on Thursday night. They ...

The new orders were for an area near the west edge of Gifford, burning since last week in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...

The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 96,000 acres of California’s Central Coast, becoming the state’s largest wildfire of ...

The Gifford Fire in California has grown to nearly 84,000 acres as of Wednesday, Aug. 6, making it the largest blaze the state has seen this year. The fire has consumed 83,933 acres and is 9% ...

As the Gifford Fire stretches into a second week, the most intense portion of the massive blaze is taking place in South San Luis Obispo County, near the rural community of Huasna.