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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Still, the new maps show more areas of in the city of Santa Barbara have been dubbed as hazardous, the city said in a ...

“And yet, the amount of ‘high’ and ‘very high’ hazard areas across the state has really exploded since the last time CalFire put these maps together.” In total, California now has 3,626 square miles ...

CalFire has released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara County and the rest of the state, showing land in moderate, high or very high hazard zones. There was a big expansion of zones ...

Home and building owners in some parts of northeast Bakersfield will have to take additional fire prevention measures next year following the release of updated wildfire severity maps. The California ...

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance to adopt fire hazard severity zones ...

In an update that could redefine community planning and safety measures, the California Department of Forestry and Fire ...