Utility maps of wildfire risk need updating, says the California Public Advocate—and utilities agree. State regulators voted ...

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

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the ...

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of Delaware.

One in 8 Californians now live in places at risk for the kinds of devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles this ...

Despite a five-fold increase in state-designated danger zones, private carriers use their own risk templates for determining ...

Areas of Soledad Natural Park, La Jolla Heights Natural Park, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve and UC San Diego are given ...

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.

According to Cal Fire data, San Diego County has 157,338 acres with “very high” fire hazard, the highest level of hazard. In ...

California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, CalFire, has been releasing these maps in installments over the last six weeks, beginning with counties in the state’s far north and ending ...

Cal Fire had already released fire maps for Northern and Central California this year. The new 2025 maps update the previous 2007-2011 models, with zone rankings based on vegetation, terrain ...