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

Cities with the most hazardous acres of very high fire hazard include Moorpark, Simi Valley, and Thousand Oaks, and the "very high" hazard acreage in Ojai more than tripled. Unincorporated land in ...

Despite an industry-wide slump, Simi Valley continues to assert its reputation as a top SoCal film production destination with the number of shooting days on the rise in recent years. At the Feb. 24 ...

In the wake of devastating fires that have threatened the region in recent years, Moorpark, Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks have teamed up to finalize a comprehensive emergency evacuation awareness plan ...

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

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

The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations focused on fire safety. While the new regulations may eventually lower insurance premiums for some homeowners ...

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 ...

Newly released draft fire risk maps from Cal Fire have updated changes in Solano County’s Fire Hazard Severity Zones, used by state and local firefighters to divide responsibility and monitor risks.

Cal Fire’s updated maps will add 1.4 million acres to zones requiring stricter fire safety regulations, including parts of San Joaquin County around Tracy and Mountain House. The new maps ...