The Gifford Fire in the Los Padres National Forest has been 7% contained as officials battled new starts near Big Bear Lake and Ribbonwood.

This sinking air suppresses rainfall and intensifies heat, especially as the dry ground bakes under the sun. The extreme heat is expected to worsen conditions across an already strained ...

The fire has consumed 83,933 acres and is 9% contained, according to an update from the Los Padres National Forest on Aug. 6.

The Gifford Fire, a wildfire burning in Central California that has destroyed over 83,000 acres in five days, continues to ...