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

The Gifford Fire in Central California has grown into the state’s largest wildfire of the year, burning over 82,000 acres ...

But both emerged when the River Complex fire burned through thick blackberry brambles, vines and trees near Colfax. A quarry, ...

Temporary evacuation sites were established at Benjamin Foxen Elementary School in Santa Maria and the Cuyama Valley Family ...

Since it started on Friday afternoon, the Gifford Fire -- which is situated within the Los Padres National Forest in Solvang, ...

Fire managers for the U.S. Forest Service put Gifford at 49,761 acres (77 square miles), with 3% containment. Three people ...

Christion Schoenfeld was in Cal Fire’s Mendocino Unit; he had served two years as a handcrew firefighter in Amador-El Dorado ...

Sonoma Valley Fire District Chief Steve Akre has been appointed president-elect of the California Fire Chiefs Association for ...

Cherry Fire initially started 1:15 p.m. May 26 in Solano County, California. Since its discovery 73 days ago, it has burned ...

Nearly 2,000 firefighters are fighting a battle against the Gifford wildfire in central California that has already burned more than 72,000 acres.

California’s Gifford Fire has scorched more than 82,000 acres, injuring at least three people and forcing evacuations in ...