All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of ...

For the first time in at least 14 years, state officials will release updated fire maps for Southern California on Monday, March 24, showing where wildfires are most likely to occur within the next ...

California's outdated utility fire maps raise concerns after recent wildfires. Despite calls for updates, regulators have ...

Despite a five-fold increase in state-designated danger zones, private carriers use their own risk templates for determining ...

That’s around one in 8 Californians. The updated maps take into account California’s fire history, local weather patterns, terrain and new models showing how embers can travel miles away from ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

For the first time since 2011—and in the wake of January’s historically destructive Los Angeles infernos—Cal Fire has updated its Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for areas of the state that are served ...

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.

According to Cal Fire data, San Diego County has 157,338 acres with “very high” fire hazard, the highest level of hazard. In 2011, that figure was more than 180,700 acres.

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the highest hazard zone by 26%.

Weeks after deadly fires swept through Los Angeles County, the state regulator in charge of overseeing utility companies declined a request that would have required California’s largest utilities to ...