Californians live in the wildland-urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.

Chaparral, Calif.’s fire-adapted ecosystem, often goes overlooked. That is, except for when the high severity firestorms blaze through human communities. Chaparral was quickly lambasted during ...

Just because a development is located within the wildland-urban interface doesn’t mean a fire will occur there, but there may be deadly and destructive consequences if one does. While under 3% ...

The developers and residents around Rock Creek Mesa split about whether the annexation and new development would increase the ...

Wildland and City of Missoula fire crews are serving the community in a different way, raising money for charity through ...

The wildfire risk in Nelson has been completely assessed, says the city’s fire chief. Jeff Hebert said the wildfire risk reduction program — which falls under the FireSmart umbrella — has had Nelson ...

A fast-spreading wildfire that erupted this week northwest of Los Angeles roared from nothing to nearly 10,000 acres − in a ...

Because those codes have not been adopted yet, will not be retroactive, and apply only if a property is both in a high wildfire hazard zone and wildland-urban interface, fire-hardening will only ...

Judson Boomhower, assistant professor in the economics department of UC San Diego, on the wildland urban interface Since 2018, Cal Fire, the state’s fire agency, has inspected all of the ...

A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...