The Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties has officially become the largest fire in California this year.

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

A fast-growing brush fire is forcing thousands of people to evacuate in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles.

Gifford Fire officials report minimal growth overnight after a rapid expansion of the fire on the northwest side on Thursday.

While fire fighting operations are making progress on containing the Gifford fire burning east of Santa Maria, the largest in ...

Residents were forced from their homes in Southern California as raging wildfires exploded in size and threatened thousands of properties and other structures in the region.The Canyon Fire, which was ...

The fire is burning just south of Lake Piru, a reservoir in the Los Padres National Forest. It is close by Lake Castaic, a popular recreation area burned by the Hughes Fire in January. That fire ...

A rapidly spreading blaze in California is impacting communities in the Los Angeles area as thousands have been placed under ...