"I'm hopeful," a Morro Bay resident said. "We could have snuffed them all out, but, you know, I just don't believe it." ...

The Gifford Fire is massive — but it’s not the largest blaze the Central Coast has ever seen. After burning for 15 days, the Gifford Fire scorched 132,605 acres in the backcountry of San Luis Obispo ...

The Gifford Fire in San Luis Obispo County has surged past 100,000 acres, reaching "megafire" status and becoming the largest ...

The Gifford Fire grew by around 3,000 acres overnight as fire crews initiated strategic burns and worked to corral the ...

A dramatically large and dark column of smoke dominated the sky Tuesday as the Gifford Fire continued to burn in San Luis ...

San Luis Obispo County supervisors thanked emergency responders for their work fighting the Gifford Fire as it reached its ...

San Luis Obispo County Animal Services is taking in animals that had to evacuate due to the Gifford Fire. So far, they have ...

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 130,440 acres after being active for 12 days. A fire crew of 4,979 has been working ...

At a special meeting on Monday, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a local ...

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.

Firefighters continue to increase containment over the more than 100,000 acres burned by the Gifford Fire as of Saturday ...

The last two weeks of 2025’s summer vacation on the Central Coast was overshadowed—literally in many places—by the Gifford ...