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

A new wildfire was reported today at 9:41 a.m. in San Luis Obispo County, California. Margarita Fire has been burning on ...

The nuclear power plant has reduced output from one of its units due its transmission lines’ proximity to the fire.

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

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 ...

The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 83,000 acres of California’s Central Coast, becoming the state’s largest wildfire of ...

Smoke from the Gifford Fire was hovering over parts of the county, causing sooty air quality and possible ash exposure ...

California’s largest wildfire of 2025 is growing rapidly, prompting urgent evacuations as fire-fueling heat grips the region.

Gifford fire in Southern California spreads to over 30,500 acres, prompting evacuations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...

A wildfire in Southern California has burned over 72,000 acres in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, officials said.

Fire crews are responding to a 10-acre vegetation fire in the 16,000 block of Midway Road, west of the Carrizo Plain ...