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Santa Margarita residents have played host to a fire camp of thousands of fire crew personnel responding to the Gifford Fire.
Firefighters battling the Gifford Fire will continue backfiring operations on Wednesday in the Garcia Wilderness in an attempt to slow the fire’s spread.
San Luis Obispo County issued new evacuation orders for the Gifford Fire on Monday morning, as crews planned 36-hour burn ...
As the Gifford Fire nears its two week mark, firefighters are encouraged their efforts to control and eventually extinguish ...
The Gifford Fire grew by around 3,000 acres overnight as fire crews initiated strategic burns and worked to corral the ...
As the largest and most challenging wildfire in California so far in 2025 moves further northward and fire crews are ...
The Gifford Fire has reached "mega fire" status at over 119,000 acres burned and has become California's largest fire this ...
Firefighters were preparing for a “strategic firing operation” Tuesday that could help the battle against the main part of ...
Community members went to Santa Margarita Elementary School on Sunday to get any information they could from agencies ...
Santa Margarita (5-6) soared to a 27-point second-quarter lead and 59-26 first-round playoff victory over undefeated Inglewood, dominating the Sentinels from end to end.
Santa Margarita received a two-run home run from Zach Fjelstad in the first inning and a two-hitter from Sammy Cova en route to a 5-1 win over Orange Lutheran. No triple for the cycle.
Santa Margarita’s 400-yard freestyle relay, from left, of Macky Hodges, Teia Salvino, Teagan O’Dell and Justina Kozan set the national high school record with a time of 3:14.80 at the CIF ...