State officials recently added tens of thousands of acres to wildfire hazard zones in and around Ventura County cities.

Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern ...

The new fire hazard severity zone maps issued by Cal Fire this week are part of a two-month statewide rollout.

State officials have released a third batch of maps showing fire hazards in California's Bay Area and the state's northern ...

Massive wildfires devastated the Los Angeles region in January, forcing over 100,000 people to evacuate and razing thousands ...

Cal Fire released its new fire hazard severity maps, including for Sacramento, detailing which areas are at high risk of ...

NOW, THOSE NEW CAL FIRE MAPS SHOW YOLO COUNTY HAS NEARLY ... Monday's new maps are Phase 2 in the plan to release maps for all 58 California counties. Phase 3 will include the following counties ...

Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in California's wildfire landscape. The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations ...

"This map, and the levels of fire hazard, really just match with the conditions our firefighters have been experiencing for several years now," Chief Daniel Berlant, California state fire marshal.

As California struggles to defend itself against increasingly destructive urban wildfires, recent fire deaths in Altadena ... “Getting dressed now. Her phone is going straight to voicemail.” ...

"California’s resilience means we will keep updating our standards in the most fire-prone areas." The maps are divided into Fire Hazard Severity Zones—moderate, High, or Very High—and ...

In some cases, homeowners in those zones will now have to comply with regulations designed to protect homes and properties against wildfires. The California ... maps approved in 2011. Cal Fire ...