in Arroyo Grande is helping horses displaced by Gifford Fire evacuations.

Teri Garcin says she has not slept soundly since the broke out near her ranch on Highway 166. She says she's been checking on evacuation orders and warnings almost three times a day. On Tuesday, her hunch was right — she had to evacuate eight of her ten horses.

“It was a lot of stress,” Garcin said. “We had so much to think about and figure out where to start and pretty much just capture all the horses and get them tied up.”

Garcin first took her horses to a neighbor's house, but they too became part of the evacuation warning. At the suggestion of her veterinarian, she found Varian Equestrian Center in Arroyo Grande.

“It’s a huge honor. We just kind of put ourselves in that situation and do what we could or what

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