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

The Gifford Fire, burning in rural San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, continued to grow Thursday morning, charring nearly 100,000 acres and forcing more evacuation orders.

"The governor has said, 'We're not going to stand idly by,'" Carbajal said of Newsom's proposed plan to redraw some of the state's House districts. "I support that." ...

What was once an empty department store in the heart of downtown Santa Maria is now at the center of a multi-million dollar ...

Hundreds of remote homes are threatened by a massive wildfire churning through Los Padres National Forest in central California ...

The family of a Fourth of July homicide victim fears they won’t get justice because of a state law that prohibits young defendants from being tried as ...

Ground was broken Thursday on a downtown project to redevelop the former Mervyn's and Fallas stores in Santa Maria's Town ...

AMERICAN FALLS — Local Sea Scout Ship 1492 took their new sailboat Santa Maria on its maiden voyage at the American Falls reservoir in July.

Los Padres NFS Officials have issued new Evacuation Orders for the Gifford Fire. Zones: SLC-261, SLC-262, SLC-311, SLC-334 ...

Footage shot from a helicopter showed columns of smoke billowing up from the Gifford Fire in California on Tuesday.

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

Chicago-based Aspen Dental opened a location in Santa Maria, Calif., Aug. 7. The office is led by managing clinical director Javed Bhojani, DDS, according to an email shared with Becker’s. Aspen ...