Fire officials describe the fire as unpredictable because the topography in mountainous areas causes wind gusts to move erratically.

The Gifford Fire, burning in rural San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, continued to grow Thursday morning, charring ...

Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered the biggest decline of coral on record last year. An official analysis ...

Residents were forced from their homes as raging wildfires exploded in size and threatened thousands of properties and other ...

It’s a little too close for comfort,” one South County rancher said as she watched the giant smoke plume from the fire.

New evacuation orders and warnings have been issued for the Huasna Valley and Lopez Lake areas due to the Gifford Fire.

More than 1,000 personnel worked to control the Gifford Fire in California’s Los Padres National Forest on August 4. The fire, which broke out on August 1, had reached 65,062 acres and was three ...

Not quite as hot Friday, but still 5 to 10 degrees warmer than normal away from the coast. Greater cooling this weekend and next week.

The Canyon Fire around Lake Piru in Ventura County rapidly grew to 600 acres amid scorching temperatures, low humidity and ...

Los Padres NFS Officials have issued new Evacuation Orders for the Gifford Fire. Zones: SLC-261, SLC-262, SLC-311, SLC-334 ...

Andrew Dowd, the spokesman with the Ventura County Fire Department, said an estimated 150 to 200 firefighters were on the ...

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