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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Reducing wildfire risks throughout the state is the primary way we can make insurance more available and affordable, and our regulation is a major step towards that goal,” the department stated. “CAL ...

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 ...

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 since 2011—and in the wake of January’s historically destructive Los Angeles infernos—Cal Fire has updated its Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for areas of the state that are served ...

not the Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps,” according to the state insurance department. Cal Fire maps are specifically developed to see where the hazards are, said Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief ...

Basically any mountain or hillside in Los Angeles county is considered a “very high” hazard, and since the 2011 edition of ...