Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 131,589 acres after being active for 18 days. A crew of 2,713 firefighters has been ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and his fellow Democrats in the Legislature are steering California onto a unique political course with an ...

With crews closing in on full containment of the Gifford Fire, firefighting operations that have been ongoing around the ...