California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officials on Monday unveiled updated fire hazard maps for the High Desert and other portions of Southern California The new Cal Fire rankings, the ...

May 28—The Vacaville City Council voted 4-2 to adopt new severity maps from the California State Fire Marshall and Cal Fire in accordance with state law during its meeting Tuesday. Councilmembers Roy ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

The Solano County Board of Supervisors completed a first reading of new fire maps from the California State Fire Marshall in accordance with state law. The updated maps include 81,000 acres of new ...

LOS ANGELES -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden State.

Cal Fire has released maps identifying the level of fire hazard severity that cities across eight Southern California counties face as part of efforts to prepare for and prevent wildfires. The updated ...

With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on Monday, March 24, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire — and how ...

One in 8 Californians now live in places at risk for the kinds of devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles this winter, according to a Washington Post analysis of state fire maps released ...

State officials acknowledged Wednesday that data from recently published wildfire hazard maps could be factored into reviews by property insurance companies to make determinations about risks — and ...

Cal Fire reclassified 1,200 homes in Nipomo to high or very high fire hazard zones. Dispute arose after a resident said outdated vegetation data contributed to designations. No appeals process exists, ...