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

The wildfire is nearing 100,000 acres burned, though containment is increasing slowly. Here’s the latest update.

The Gifford Fire is threatening more than 870 remote homes at the northern edge of Los Padres National Forest. The wildfire, ...

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

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental ...

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured as it burned through Los Padres National Forest.

Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive ...

A dozen major wildfires are burning across California, and officials warn the threat will only grow in August and September, ...

With the Gifford Fire burning just a few miles away east of Santa Maria, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base is providing ...

Crews working in steep, inaccessible terrain will be dealing with temperatures in the mid-90s (35 Celsius) on Wednesday and above 100 (38 Celsius) on Thursday ...