Gifford Fire officials report minimal growth overnight after a rapid expansion of the fire on the northwest side on Thursday.

The map above shows Gifford’s evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line. Shown as a gray tone is the perimeter of last month’s Madre Fire, previously the biggest fire of the year; it burned 80,779 acres in the Carrizo Plain area, just east of Gifford.

A woman was arrested for allegedly stealing over $1,000 worth of merchandise from an Orange County grocery store. The suspect was identified as Sabrina Fan, 25, of Costa Mesa, according to the Irvine Police Department. On July 27, the woman was seen entering a Whole Foods market on Irvine Center Drive in Irvine and began […]