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

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,706.6 acres after being active for ...

Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in California's wildfire ... be used by local jurisdictions to update building and local planning requirements. The ...

"It is always a concern, when you live in an area that it is so open, that you could have a fire erupt at any point," said Corinne Beshara.

The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones is set to be released Monday by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and Cal Fire. New maps rating the likelihood and severity of ...

Cal Fire's new hazard zone maps show information on topography, fire weather, flame length, past fire history, vegetation type and the overall likelihood of a wildfire igniting in the area.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Cal Fire, released new draft maps this week showing ... breaking out across California and update previous documents dating back to ...

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

Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in ... jurisdictions to update building and local planning requirements. The last time the fire maps were updated ...

"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 ...