Sonoma residents now have the opportunity to weigh in on Cal Fire’s statewide update to the Fire Hazard Severity Maps for ...

CalFire has new threat designations for areas much closer to urban areas than before. Maps for the Central Valley came out ...

that building boom will create one major headache for anybody trying to develop housing – whether it’s replacing fire-damaged property or any new construction. Southern California finished ...

A contained wildfire is one that still burns but is no longer spreading, while a controlled fire has been extinguished. The forest service was continuously updating an interactive map to chart the ...

FILE - The Eaton Fire destroys a structure, Jan. 7, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File) LOS ANGELES (CN) — Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit Wednesday against regional utility ...

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The Observatory narrowly escaped being consumed by wildfire as fire crews ... to the California Association of Counties, it is unlikely that home insurance providers would use the maps as a ...

The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations focused on fire safety ... counties in the Central Valley, Southern California, and along the Central Coast.

Cal Fire’s updated maps ... counties in the Central Valley, Southern California, and along the Central Coast. The up-to-date information provided by the new maps will determine new wildfire ...