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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

New Bay Area fire-hazard maps: Is your city among those seeing striking increases? A five-fold expansion of wildfire hazard zones across Southern California raised homeowner concerns that new ...

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 morning, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire — and how much ...

Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps that categorize areas in Southern California as moderate, high or very high risk. The new maps, which factor in elements like vegetation and terrain, will ...

WE HAVE TH California officials on Monday released the fourth and final set of local maps that rate the likelihood and expected severity of wildfires.The "Fire Hazard Severity Zones in Local ...

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 ...