California’s Public Advocate has been pressing for new utility fire maps since 2023. Utilities are on board — but regulators ...

California's outdated utility fire maps raise concerns after recent wildfires.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

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 ...

California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, CalFire, has been releasing these maps in installments over the last six ... False rumors began to spread that anyone who failed to update ...

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

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

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

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

The State of California has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, which are now available for public review and ...

California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, CalFire, has been releasing these maps in installments ... to spread that anyone who failed to update their homes to match the fire ...

the state regulator in charge of overseeing utility companies declined a request that would have required California’s largest utilities to update maps showing high fire threat areas.