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

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has updated its classification of areas that are more at risk of being affected by wildfires. The new fire hazard severity zone map shows ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released new fire-hazard severity maps Monday that added ... around 750 acres to over 3,400. Santa Barbara and Ventura counties to the ...

The number of acres in the top two fire zones that must comply with stiffer, fire-safe building codes increased 76% in Southern California ... the previous map now do, including Santa Monica ...