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 ...

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the highest hazard zone by 26%.

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

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

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.

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.

California's outdated utility fire maps raise concerns after recent wildfires. Despite calls for updates, regulators have ...

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.

Home and building owners in some parts of northeast Bakersfield will have to take additional fire prevention measures next ...

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Cooler temperatures and more rain in March helped some regions in the state. But forecasts reveal persistent drought and warmer temperatures to come.

Gayle Anderson reports the California Landscape Contractors Association multiple award-winning Garden View Landscape, Nursery, and Pools in Irwindale is teaching what is called Firescaping ...