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 ...

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 ...

CalFire released the last of its updated fire hazard severity maps on Monday, showing a 3.5 million acre expansion of Southern California’s zones. The largest increases were in the Antelope Valley and ...

The updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for Local Responsibility Areas are now available for the public to review and ...

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 ...

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 ...

A month after CalFire released new fire hazard maps, local agencies have reviewed them and, in some cases, proposed ...

Berlant stresses that CalFire’s colorful maps aren’t going to tell insurance conglomerates ... False rumors began to spread that anyone who failed to update their homes to match the fire-resistant ...

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

State officials recently added tens of thousands of acres to wildfire hazard zones in and around Ventura County cities. In some cases, homeowners in those zones will now have to comply with ...

CalFire has released updated fire hazard ... Solvang had no fire hazard zones indicated on the previous map, but the update puts several areas in the moderate, high and very high hazard zones.