The fire is burning with dry and hot conditions, as temperatures climb above 100 degrees in mountainous terrain on the Central Coast.

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 113,648 acres after being active for eight days. A fire crew of 3,685 has been ...

The Gifford Fire is burning through thousands of acres becoming California's largest blaze of the year and threatening ...

The Gifford fire, which has been burning for a week, has been described as a 'megafire' and has so far injured three people ...

Burning over 100,000 acres in Los Padres National Forest, it has triggered evacuations and poses a long-term threat due to dry conditions, rugged terrain and a buildup of fire-prone vegetation.

Firefighters continue to increase containment over the more than 100,000 acres burned by the Gifford Fire as of Saturday morning in San Luis Obispo County. At 104,402 acres, the fire was now 21% ...

Planned work on Highway 101 in southern San Luis Obispo County has been postponed due to the Gifford Fire. According to ...

That remote stretch of highway has a history of dangerous emergency response incidents, from fires to road collapse.