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

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 ...

Emergency officials announced new evacuation orders in San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday due to the Gifford Fire.

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 San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District warned that smoke would impact air quality in SLO County on ...

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

Upcoming hotter temperatures could impact the Gifford Fire, officials noted. Meanwhile, containment grew for the Rosa Fire.

The Gifford Fire in the Los Padres National Forest has been 7% contained as officials battled new starts near Big Bear Lake and Ribbonwood.

Wildfire smoke is wrecking air quality in places across the U.S. amid a one-two punch of fires in the West and in Canada, which has sent smoke pouring across large sections of the country ...

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.