New evacuation orders are in effect in San Luis Obispo County in the area of Pozo Road, Santa Margarita Lake, Parkhill Road ...

San Luis Obispo County issued new evacuation orders for the Gifford Fire on Monday morning, as crews planned 36-hour burn ...

San Luis Obispo County supervisors thanked emergency responders for their work fighting the Gifford Fire as it reached its ...

The Gifford Fire, burning in Los Padres National Forest near California’s Central Coast, had grown to more than 72,000 acres ...

As the Gifford Fire rages on for an 11th straight day, crews are preparing to launch a new operation Monday in San Luis Obispo County to the help in the effort to gain the upper hand in the battle ...

The Gifford fire has burned nearly 40,000 acres of rugged hillside in Los Padres National Forest. Three people have been ...

The Canyon Fire ignited Thursday afternoon and grew to more than 7.6 square miles (19.7 square kilometers) by 11 p.m., ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles made good progress overnight in their battle ...

The Los Padres National Forest reopened to the public Thursday, Sept. 23. The national forest closed on Aug. 31 due to fire concerns across the state. Fire restrictions on wood and charcoal fires ...

The Los Padres National Forest is closed for 60 days following storm damage. Over the last month, Los Padres received more than 100 percent of its annual rainfall along with extremely damaging ...

The Los Padres National Forest warns that smoke may be visible from Highway 154 and that the planned or prescribed burns are part of its front country fuels treatment project.

Those objections amounted to a multitude of comments many times greater than any single project in Los Padres National Forest has received. Despite this unprecedented level of community opposition, ...