As cooler, wetter weather helps southern and central California fire crews contain a handful of blazes burning in the region, ...

The Gifford Fire is massive — but it’s not the largest blaze the Central Coast has ever seen. After burning for 15 days, the Gifford Fire scorched 132,605 acres in the backcountry of San Luis Obispo ...

"I'm hopeful," a Morro Bay resident said. "We could have snuffed them all out, but, you know, I just don't believe it." ...

Highway 166, which links Highway 101 near Santa Maria with Highway 99 near Bakersfield, is being rebuilt along the Cuyama River at a cost that sometimes exceeds a million dollars a mile. [Adjusted for ...

One-way traffic control across 2.2 miles of Highway 166, starting at 16 miles east of the US 101, has ended as of Friday, ...