Nearly 2,000 firefighters continue to battle a wildfire in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties that threatens more than 800 structures and has caused three injuries. The Gifford Fire, which ...

Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...

Containment of the Gifford Fire crept upward to 15 percent Friday morning, with “more black” on the fire map, said Operations Chief Spencer Andreis with Cal Fire, which is firefighter shorthand to ...

Crystal Bermudez is your community news reporter covering northern Santa Barbara County, including the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. As the Gifford Fire continues to spread, smoke and ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (KABC) -- Firefighters are trying to gain control of the Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The blaze is just 3% percent contained and has significantly ...

One person was killed early Thursday in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 101 west of Goleta, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. At ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A series of small fires shut down Highway 154 between Highway 192 in Santa Barbara and Paradise Road in Santa Ynez just after 8:00 a.m. Saturday, according to the CHP. Multiple ...

A 27-year-old man was thrown into a truck bed after colliding with a work vehicle while lane-splitting on Highway 101 Friday morning.

Santa Barbara County has transitioned out of high fire season early this year, a shift that fire officials say was driven by record-setting November rainfall. The recent storm brought more than 9.5 ...

A fire in Central California's Sierra Madre mountain range is now spanning more than 60,000 acres after evacuations were ordered over the weekend. The Gifford Fire was first reported Friday near the ...