Good morning, San Luis Obispo.

The Gifford Fire scorched 114,621 acres and destroyed two structures while injuring 10 people and threatening 2,922 homes in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties as firefighters fortified control lines near Pozo and moved most of their camp to Santa Margarita — officials had held a community meeting Sunday at Santa Margarita Elementary School to update residents.

On August 10, gas prices in SLO County dropped one cent to $4.86 per gallon as AAA figures showed crude oil prices were in the mid $60s per barrel.

Data from GasBuddy lists the cheapest location at San Paso Truck Stop (Paso Robles) with prices as low as $4.25 among the top 10 low-cost stations.

Cal Poly students conducted field work at Montaña de Oro State Park to study tidepool creatures for the DIMES project—an international initiative tracking coastal ecosystem changes.

They gathered data on species like octopuses and starfish to support research on the effects of tropicalization.