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

The blaze threatened about 450 structures and forced the closure of the highway in both directions east of Santa Maria, a ...

Nearly 2,000 firefighters are fighting a battle against the Gifford wildfire in central California that has already burned ...

Since it started on Friday afternoon, the Gifford Fire -- which is situated within the Los Padres National Forest in Solvang, ...

A wildfire in Southern California has burned over 72,000 acres in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, officials said.

The blaze injured three people, put hundreds under evacuation orders and threatened 460 structures, officials said.

The Gifford fire, which has been fueled by dry conditions and warm weather, has spread to two counties, officials said.

Fire managers for the U.S. Forest Service put Gifford at 49,761 acres (77 square miles), with 3% containment. Three people ...

Christion Schoenfeld was in Cal Fire’s Mendocino Unit; he had served two years as a handcrew firefighter in Amador-El Dorado ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at ...

The Gifford Fire in Southern California has burned over 82,000 acres and prompted evacuations in San Luis Obispo and Santa ...