SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental ...

California is once again in flames — this time, it’s the Gifford Fire scorching more than 82,000 acres across San Luis Obispo ...

The Gifford Fire in California has grown to nearly 84,000 acres as of Wednesday, Aug. 6, making it the largest blaze the ...

Rising temperatures pose new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in ...

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

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

The fire is just 9% contained and has prompted evacuation orders for those living in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

Smoke from the Gifford Fire was hovering over parts of the county, resulting in sooty air quality and possible ash falling ...

The Gifford Fire, which has burned over 83,000 acres since it began on Friday, is now accompanied by two other wildfires in Central California.

It has surpassed the state's then-largest fire, the Madre Fire, which scorched about 81,000 acres in the same region last ...

As the Gifford Fire continues to spread, firefighters are facing some of the most difficult conditions on California’s ...