Cal Fire has released maps identifying the level of fire hazard severity that cities across eight Southern California ...

Cal Fire said the maps are proactive, to be used in wildland-urban interface building standards for new construction and ...

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 ...

California officials on Monday released the fourth and final set of county maps that rate the likelihood and severity of ...

The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for Monday, with gusts up to 65 mph forecast for parts of central ...

See where your home falls in California's new fire hazard zones, the first update to the state's maps in 14 years.

Two months after deadly wildfires razed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, Cal Fire has released a new map showing fire hazard severity zones for the entire state. The maps were developed ...

With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on Monday morning, California’s firefighting agency ...

Efforts to battle the 1,250-acre fire in eastern California were complicated by strong winds, which were expected to continue ...

Southern California’s five most populous counties saw the size of the very-high fire zone grow to more than 812,000 acres in the latest update, up from just over 644,000 in the previous maps ...

Hazard severity zone maps are critical in California law, being cited in more than 50 sections. Properties in "high" and "very high" zones must adhere to fire-safe construction rules, such as ...