Caltrans will begin a vegetation control project in San Barbara County along Highway 166, Monday, Sept. 21. Crews will be removing vegetation and brush ... Read More

Caltrans will begin a vegetation control project in Santa Barbara County along Highway 166 on Monday, September 21. Crews will be removing vegetation and ... Read More

Firefighters continued working Sunday to corral the Carrizo Fire burning off Highway 166 northeast of Santa Maria. On Sunday morning, authorities ... Read More

A fast-moving fire that broke out Saturday near Highway 166 in San Luis Obispo County burned 268 acres and prompted temporary evacuation warning ... Read More

Firefighters continued working Sunday to corral the Carrizo Fire burning off Highway 166 northeast of Santa Maria. On Sunday morning, authorities ... Read More

A vegetation fire reached 268 acres on Highway 166 near the Caliente Mountain Trail just after 2:30 p.m. Saturday, ... Read More

A vegetation fire burning on both sides of Highway 166 grew to about 150 acres Saturday as officials closed the highway. Read More

Highway 166 to the coast is closed in both directions after a brush fire broke out late Saturday morning. The fire started about 11:15 a.m. with a car fire on the highway in the vicinity of Cottonwood ... Read More

A vehicle fire spread to nearby vegetation on both sides of Highway 166 on Saturday, prompting a large response from agencies in Santa Barbara and San ... Read More

Traffic on Highway 166 west of New Cuyama was slowed for a time and then halted after a tanker rolled off the highway and into a ditch Wednesday afternoon. Read More

US 166 / 169 is closed this morning due to a reported accident. The incident was reported around 6 a.m. this morning. Traffic on the east side of town is being ... Read More

A head-on crash involving at least two vehicles on Highway 166 in the Maricopa area prompted an investigation by the California Highway Patrol on Friday ... Read More

The fire was a part of three vegetation fires that started late Tuesday night, with Cal Fire crews responding to mop up. Read More

Firefighters from multiple agencies battled a brush fire along Highway 166 near the Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo county line Tuesday night. Read More

Fire crews are responding to multiple vegetation fires near the Twitchell Reservoir along Highway 166 near Alamo Creek Road. Read More

Highway 166 reopened Wednesday morning after an overnight closure for several small vegetation fires along the roadway, according to authorities. Read More

Fire crews are responding to multiple vegetation fires near the Twitchell Reservoir along Highway 166 near Alamo Creek Road. Read More

Authorities have released the name of the driver killed when a Toyota Camry went 200 feet down an embankment Friday afternoon east of Santa Maria. Kimery ... Read More

A single-vehicle accident on Highway 166 near Willow Springs claimed at least one life Friday evening after a vehicle went over the side. Read More

An "extensive search" was underway for other potential occupants of the vehicle, the Fire Department said. Read More

A woman was killed and a toddler injured in a crash on Highway 166 at the San Luis Obispo County line on April 14, 2026. (Santa Barbara County Fire Department) A woman was killed and a toddler injured ... Read More

Emergency personnel responded late Monday night to a collision involving two semi-trucks on Highway 166 east of Santa Maria, according to Santa Barbara ... Read More

Two big rigs crashed head on late Monday, shutting down a Central Coast highway overnight. The semi trucks were driving toward one another in opposite directions on Highway 166 near Pine Canyon Road ... Read More

The crash was the second on the highway on Wednesday, following a fatal collision earlier in the day. Read More

Highway 166 was reopened at the California Aqueduct on Saturday after being closed since October. The closure was due to a construction project for seismic work and other repairs. The highway had been ... Read More

The Highway 99 off-ramp to Highway 166 and Interstate 5 is closed Friday morning due to flooding. The off-ramp is just off Highway 99, near Mettler and near the ... Read More

CAL FIRE crews are conducting a prescribed burn on ranch property off Highway 166 northeast of Santa Maria on Tuesday. Read More

Parents in Guadalupe are stepping up to keep students safe after a child was recently struck by a car while crossing Main Street (Highway 166 West) at Obispo Street. Read More

Washington State Patrol announced that highway commuters headed west through Gorst should expect delays as they investigate the accident scene. Read More

A Santa Maria man died after an Amtrak train crashed into his tanker truck on Wednesday afternoon. The man's 2020 Peterbilt truck carried 3,500 gallons of diesel fuel northbound on Highway 1 just ... Read More

Authorities worked to clean up a large diesel spill and make repairs Thursday after a fatal collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a fuel truck ... Read More

Highway 1 was closed between Highway 166 (Main Street) and Brown Road west of Santa Maria Wednesday afternoon after an Amtrak train collided with a fuel semi-truck at about 4:15 ... Read More

Caltrans, in partnership with Granite Construction, has announced a full closure of Highway 166 at the California Aqueduct in Kern County. Read More

Starting Monday, September 22, travelers near Guadalupe may encounter a daytime lane closure on Highway 1 between W. Main St. (Highway 166) and Brown Road. Read More

- State Route 166 will be closed in both directions at the California Aqueduct between Old River Road and Interstate 5 starting Monday, September 22. - The Closure is expected to last 75 consecutive ... Read More

Firefighters have the Gifford Fire 33% contained at 119,214 acres off Highway 166 east of Santa Maria with evacuations remaining. Read More

As firefighters battle the massive Gifford Fire on California's Central Coast, they're not just putting out flames-they're making split second decisions that affect lives. One of the tough decisions? Read More

By Caleb Nguyen, Alissa Orozco, Andrew Gillies, Dave Alley SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES, Calif. (KEYT) - The Gifford Fire has grown to 119,214 acres, larger than July's Madre Fire, ... Read More

Firefighters have the Gifford Fire 33% contained at 119,214 acres off Highway 166 east of Santa Maria with evacuations remaining. Read More

The wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest grew to 82,000 acres on Tuesday. Officials are still trying to determine the cause. Read More

A massive wildfire in central California has injured three people and threatened hundreds of homes. The Gifford Fire has burned over 100 square miles and forced highway closures. More than 1,000 ... Read More

By Caleb Nguyen, Andrew Gillies SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES, Calif. - The Gifford Fire has grown to 65,062 acres. It is near Gifford Trailhead on Highway 166 near the eastern edges of ... Read More

A planned three-day daytime closure of Highway 41, stretching from Highway 46 East to State Route 33 in the Cholame area, has been cancelled.Caltrans says the ... Read More

The Gifford fire burning east of Santa Maria along Highway 166 ballooned to 49,761 acres Sunday evening with 3% containment. Orders for immediate evacuation are in effect in multiple zones. Read More

A nearly 40,000-acre wildfire forced people from their homes in two Southern California counties over the weekend as firefighters worked to contain the blaze in challenging terrain. Read More

Fire crews from Los Padres National Forest are on scene for a 30.519-acre vegetation fire near Gifford Trailhead on ... Read More

A fast-moving vegetation fire burning along both sides of Highway 166 east of Santa Maria had blackened an estimated 12,400 acres by Saturday morning. Read More

The Gifford fire burning east of Santa Maria along Highway 166 exploded to 30,519 acres Saturday and prompted orders for immediate evacuation in multiple zones. Read More

The Gifford fire started west of the Madre Fire, which started on July 3 and burned more than 80,000 acres north of Highway 166. It closed the highway down through the Fourth of July Holiday weekend. Read More

#GiffordFire Update The Gifford Fire is now 23,588 acres and 5% contained. Fire is on both sides of Highway 166 and burning actively in thick brush and rugged terrain. Hwy 166 remains closed between ... Read More

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Highway 166 was closed between Highway 101 and Cuyama Friday afternoon after a vegetation fire, dubbed the Gifford fire, broke out 30 miles east of Santa Maria near the Gifford ... Read More

Highway 166 to the coast has been closed for the second time in less than a month by a brush fire. The fire broke out just before 2 p.m. about 8 miles east of Tepusquet Road. Just after 3 p.m., the ... Read More

California Highway Patrol said Highway 166 at Highway 133 is closed just after 3 p.m. due to several fires in the area.It's unknown at this time when the roads ... Read More

Multiple fire agencies are responding to a small brush fire off Highway 166 in Santa Barbara County on Friday afternoon. Read More

Firefighters are responding to a series of brush fires along Highway 166 near the Gifford Trailhead, about 30 miles east of Santa Maria. According to Los Padres National Forest officials, there are ... Read More

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A wildfire named the Madre Fire spread over 70,000 acres along Highway 166 on Wednesday.A wildfire started along Highway 166 and New Cuyama on Wednesday at arou ... Read More

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Roads connected to Highway 166 have been closed due to snow and ice, Kern County Public Works said. The affected areas include Hudson Ranch Road, from Highway ... Read More

Nearly 200 Jurassic footprints found in southern England reveal new insights into 166 million-year-old prehistoric creatures, according to scientists. Read More

A multi-agency response was triggered on Tuesday evening when a vehicle was discovered 100 feet down a cliff in a dry riverbed off Highway 166, near mile marker 33. Despite the difficult terrain and ... Read More

The longest single trackway extends for over 150 meters (492 feet), and the five sets of prints collectively make up the largest assemblage of dinosaur tracks in the UK. Located at Dewars Farm Quarry, ... Read More

Researchers have excavated the largest dinosaur footprint site in the U.K. after a quarry worker found tracks left by two of Britain's biggest Jurassic dinosaurs. Read More

These footprints offer an extraordinary window into the lives of dinosaurs,'? one micropaleontology professor said. Read More

The dino tracks are believed to have been made by multiple species about 166 million years ago. They were found at the Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England. Read More

A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a '?dinosaur highway'? and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, ... Read More

Giant tracks discovered underground have offered an "extraordinary window" into the lives of the giants that roamed the Earth hundreds of millions of years ago. Read More

Researchers in England have unearthed nearly 200 dinosaur tracks that date back 166 million years LONDON ... led to the discovery of a '?dinosaur highway'? and nearly 200 tracks that date ... Read More

German start-up Energyminer has developed 'Energyfish' a floating power plant that aims to harness hydropower in a new way, without the need for dams or concrete. Alice Rizzo reports. Goodbye to time ... Read More

Amadro Diaz Injured in Nipomo DUI Accident on Highway 101 at US 166 Nipomo, CA. - Amadro Avalos Diaz of Santa Maria was injured in a DUI crash on Highway 101 in Nipomo early Sunday morning. The ... Read More

A Ribbon cutting ceremony was held today at Main Street Produce to Celebrate the completion of Highway 166 and Black Road Traffic Signal and Safety Improvement Project. Read More

Local leaders and community members celebrated the completion of a significant infrastructure upgrade near Santa Maria at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. Read More

Maricopa, CA .- Paul M. Insch, 72, of Lompoc, and Harpreet Singh, 24, of Bakersfield, were both injured in a deadly collision that occurred near Maricopa on Monday afternoon, according to California ... Read More

The California Highway Patrol said a 70-year-old Lompoc woman was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 166 on Grocer Grade Monday afternoon, ... Read More

As the driver in a grey 2023 Toyota Highlander, signaled for Detscher to go around him, police said the suspect punched the side view mirror and sped away. The Toyota, which was owned by a local ... Read More

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Construction for the Traffic Signal and Safety Improvement project is set to begin July 1 near the Highway 166 and Black Road. The entirety of the project is expected to last for ... Read More

CUYAMA, Calif. - Firefighters are responding to a one-acre vegetation fire off of Highway 166 east of Cuyama Friday. The fire has a moderate rate of spread and is located on the northern side of ... Read More

Traffic changes may be on the horizon for several intersections in Guadalupe. The proposal includes installing traffic signals at Highway 166 and Highway 1, as well as at Highway 166 and Obispo Street ... Read More

A woman was ejected from her vehicle following a rollover crash in Cuyama Sunday night, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. Read More

TOMS RIVER, NJ - Toms River police officers arrested Miguel Sanchez-Garcia after he was observed by patrol officers swerving and having difficulty maintaining ... Read More

One person was trapped and required extrication from one of the wrecked vehicles, according to emergency dispatch reports. Read More

The U.S. Department of Energy said it conditionally agreed to loan $165.9 million to finance American Battery Solutions' expansion of advanced battery pack production for electric vehicles. Read More

NEW CUYAMA, Calif. - A man was hospitalized after his car rolled over on Highway 166 near New Cuyama Sunday evening. According to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, crews responded to a call ... Read More

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A man was taken to the hospital for serious injuries by a helicopter after a vehicle rollover crash in Cuyama Sunday afternoon according to Santa Barbara County Fire Department officials. Read More

A driver became injured following a single vehicle rollover on Highway 166 Sunday evening. At 3:55 p.m., crews responded to the area west of Rock Front Ranch, between Santa Maria and New Cuyama. They ... Read More

The roads remain entirely covered with ice and snow. Towing is not recommended in Montgomery County. According to the Iowa County Engineers Association, Montgomery County has 714 road miles and 166 ... Read More

A brush fire that burned 52 acres along Highway 166 was fully contained by Friday night, according to Los Padres National Forest. The Gifford Fire broke out on the north side of the highway on Friday ... Read More