What started as a handful of spot fires along Highway 166 has grown into the largest wildfire in California this year. As of Friday, the Gifford Fire has burned a destructive path through San Luis ...

Izzy Romero is your community news reporter covering northern San Luis Obispo County, including San Miguel, Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero, and Santa Margarita. Locals say they’ve seen Gifford ...

Firefighters battling the Gifford Fire may be approaching a turning point, as officials express cautious optimism amid improving weather and steady progress on containment. Fire Behavior Analyst ...

This article was last updated at 6:21 p.m. on Friday, August 15. For the latest updates on the Gifford Fire, click here. UPDATE (6:21 p.m.) - Containment of the Gifford Fire has increased to 69%, fire ...

The Gifford Fire expanded to 119,767 acres Monday and prompted new evacuation orders in San Luis Obispo County. Credit: Scott Safechuck / Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo Gifford Fire crews ...

A handful of neighborhoods were released from Gifford Fire evacuation warnings in San Luis Obispo County on Thursday afternoon, according to the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services.

The Los Padres National Forest downgraded evacuation orders and eliminated evacuation warnings for some areas of San Luis Obispo County after containment of the blaze improved overnight. According to ...

The Gifford Fire, burning in rural San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, continued to grow Thursday morning, charring nearly 100,000 acres and forcing more evacuation orders. Now California's ...

The Gifford Fire has now burned more than 100,000 acres, according to the latest mapping by Intel aircraft. As of Friday afternoon, the fire spanning San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties had ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Gifford fire in central California has burned more than 100,000 ...