That remote stretch of highway has a history of dangerous emergency response incidents, from fires to road collapse.

Planned work on Highway 101 in southern San Luis Obispo County has been postponed due to the Gifford Fire. According to ...

Our atmosphere's heat-trapping gases are like steroids for weather, supercharging wildfires and other severe events. Last ...

A large brush fire continues to grow off Highway 166 east of Santa Maria and near Cuyama prompting numerous evacuations.

More than 800 structures are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central California ...

As the Gifford Fire stretches into a second week, the most intense portion of the massive blaze is taking place in South San Luis Obispo County, near the rural community of Huasna.

Residents were forced from their homes as raging wildfires exploded in size and threatened thousands of properties and other ...

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 ...

The possible intermittent full traffic stops in both directions of US 101, approximately two-miles north of the Santa Maria River ...

The map above shows Gifford’s evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line. Shown as a gray tone ...

Norm Yost, a longtime vintner and the first in Santa Barbara County to produce sparkling wine, will be honored as Vintner of ...

Starting Saturday, August 9, travelers on northbound US 101 will encounter a daily closure of the on and offramps at Santa ...