New hazard designations increase the number of homes that must comply with wildfire building codes during reconstruction.

Ryssdal spoke with the owner of Altadena Hardware, Jimmy Orlandini. Altadena Hardware is an independently owned and operated ...

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

In Altadena, where more than 9,000 total structures burned and most residents are still dealing with the fire’s effects on a daily basis, a massive new physical map is helping some come to terms with ...

The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety is urging L.A. County supervisors to expand the wildfire construction ...

“The old maps, as I recall, failed to identify Altadena as a high-hazard area,” Jack Cohen, a retired research physical scientist with the U.S. Forest Service who worked in Southern California ...

RELATED: Southern California fire danger zones increase ... Fire area remains in a very-high fire zone. In Altadena, however, hazard maps released at least 14 years ago designated just three ...