Gifford Fire officials will host a community meeting in San Luis Obispo at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 11, to provide an update on ...

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

Firefighters have the Gifford Fire 33% contained at 119,214 acres off Highway 166 east of Santa Maria with evacuations ...

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 99,232 acres after being active for six days. A fire crew of 3,431 has been working ...

It’s no easy feat organizing a clean place for 1,000 firefighters to rest after a long day on the line. Here’s how it gets ...

The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 96,000 acres of California’s Central Coast, becoming the state’s largest wildfire of ...

A Santa Margarita man killed in a shooting last week was remembered by his wife as a father and husband whom she called “a great man” who put others first. Jack Dean Everhart, 42, died April 6 ...

Santa Margarita (5-6) soared to a 27-point second-quarter lead and 59-26 first-round playoff victory over undefeated Inglewood, dominating the Sentinels from end to end.

Santa Margarita’s 400-yard freestyle relay, from left, of Macky Hodges, Teia Salvino, Teagan O’Dell and Justina Kozan set the national high school record with a time of 3:14.80 at the CIF ...

Santiago shut out Santa Margarita 2-0 in last season’s inaugural Open Division final, and the Eagles were itching for a chance at redemption. “We were super-hyped in the locker room,” Fry said.