Utility maps of wildfire risk need updating, says the California Public Advocate—and utilities agree. State regulators voted ...

Despite a five-fold increase in state-designated danger zones, private carriers use their own risk templates for determining ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

The wildfire — which some agencies called the Laws Fire — was reported Sunday afternoon near the highway bridge over the ...

For the first time in at least 14 years, state officials will release updated fire maps for Southern California on Monday, ...

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of ...

With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on Monday morning, California’s firefighting agency ...

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the ...

Cal Fire has released maps identifying the level of fire hazard severity that cities across eight Southern California counties face as part of efforts to prepare for and prevent wildfires. The updated ...

Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.

LOS ANGELES -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden State.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has updated its classification of areas that are more at risk of being affected by wildfires. The new fire hazard severity zone map shows ...