Highway 166 between Highway 101 and Cuyama will reopen to traffic at 6 p.m. Tuesday after it was closed for several days due ...

Six days after the Madre Fire forced the temporary closure of Highway 166, the road connecting the Central Coast to the ...

A massive California wildfire has prompted evacuation orders and a highway closure. The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday ...

The Madre Fire in eastern County continued to grow overnight as firefighters battled challenging conditions at the large ...

The Madre Fire has continued to blaze through Central California, mapping at 35,530 acres with 5% containment as of Thursday morning. There are no known injuries reported and the fire is threatening ...

A large vegetation fire was reported at about 1:05 p.m. Wednesday along Highway 166 between Santa Maria and Cuyama.

The fire has prompted evacuation orders, warnings and highway closures in San Luis Obispo County about 100 miles north of Los ...

“This is exactly why we do prescribed burns,” said David Erickson, a forester for Cal Fire SLO, in the release. “They don’t just help the environment and improve habitat — they can be the difference ...

Highway 166 was set to reopen on Tuesday evening after being temporarily closed to protect drivers from the Madre Fire, Caltrans said. The fire sparked on Wednesday afternoon off Highway 166, ...

A rapidly spreading wildfire in Southern California quickly became the state’s largest fire of the year after igniting on ...

Evacuation orders are in place for rural areas near State Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo ...

The Madre Fire is the largest wildfire in California in 2025 — surpassing the Los Angeles-area fires that devastated parts of ...