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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Smoke filled the air Sunday as the Gifford Fire continued to burn close to Highway 166 and residential areas. Scott Safechuck ...

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

A resurfacing project on Highway 58 near Santa Margarita from I Street to State Route 229 will continue the week of Aug. 4, ...

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’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 ...

The long wait is nearly over as the new Santa Maria field office for the Department of Motor Vehicles could open in mid-July. In preparation for the switch, the existing field office at 523 S ...

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.