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 Delaware.

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 new state fire maps.

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 ...

Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.

California's outdated utility fire maps raise concerns after recent wildfires.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

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

Basically any mountain or hillside in Los Angeles county is considered a “very high” hazard, and since the 2011 edition of the map, those areas have slightly swollen with a fringe of “high” and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- 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 ...

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.

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

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%.