State officials recently added tens of thousands of acres to wildfire hazard zones in and around Ventura County cities. In some cases, homeowners in those zones will now have to comply with ...

EL CAJON, Calif. — A powerful new online tool from CAL FIRE is giving the public a clearer look at California’s wildfire history and helping the agency prepare for future fires. The interactive map ...

AUBURN – There are new changes to wildfire danger zones in California. Cal Fire is increasing areas across the state it now deems very high severity zones for wildfire by hundreds of thousands of ...

Fire hazard has grown in Los Angeles County over the past decade, according to new state maps. The Office of the State Fire Marshal found that the land area considered to have "very high" fire hazard ...

Cal Fire has released new fire hazard severity zone maps for public review and comment, including maps for Tulare County, Woodlake, and Porterville. The new maps will impact future building projects ...

Sonoma residents now have the opportunity to weigh in on Cal Fire’s statewide update to the Fire Hazard Severity Maps for Local Responsibility Areas released by the City of Sonoma, the Sonoma Valley ...

A firefighter hoses down flames during the May 29, 2021, Loma Fire in Santa Barbara. New CalFire fire hazard severity zone maps include parts of the Mesa neighborhood and TV Hill. Credit: Ray Ford / ...

SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, known as Cal Fire, released its new fire hazard maps on Monday, including for Sacramento, detailing which areas have the highest ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Two months after deadly wildfires razed ...

For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity maps show dramatic increases in some areas of Sonoma and Napa counties and ...

Cal Fire classified areas into three zones – moderate, high and very high. In Ventura County, acres designated in "very high" hazard zones expanded around 54%. State officials recently added tens of ...