Austin City Council on Thursday approved an expanded wildfire risk map that some local industry groups have opposed due to ...

Weeks after deadly fires swept through Los Angeles County, the state regulator in charge of overseeing utility companies declined a request that would have required California's largest utilities to ...

Under SB 762, homeowners living in areas that are at a high wildfire risk face stricter building codes and must reduce ...

California's Public Advocate has been pressing for new utility fire maps since 2023. Utilities are on board — but regulators turned them down. This story was originally published by CalMatters.

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 ...

Originally filed in 2023 by the California Public Advocates ... “We cannot comment today on a potential future vehicle about the fire maps.” As investigators examine the causes of the recent ...

Originally filed in 2023 by the California Public Advocates ... “We cannot comment today on a potential future vehicle about the fire maps.” Southern California Edison spokesperson Gabriela ...

A provision in 2023 disallows insurers to cancel or decline to renew homeowners’ insurance policies or increase premiums. Despite this, the backlash against the Wildfire Hazard Map has persisted.