New state fire maps have moved much of Ross residents into a greater wildfire hazard zone. The Town Council voted unanimously on Thursday to adopt an ordinance designating the fire hazard severity ...

California's Public Advocate has been pressing for new utility fire maps since 2023. Utilities are on board — but regulators turned them down. This story was originally published by CalMatters.

The maps show the risk of a wildfire caused by equipment owned by the state’s three major investor-owned utilities; they are separate from Cal Fire’s maps that show the potential for fires ...

Clark said about 500 homes are likely to be impacted by the change. Large portions of northeast Bakersfield fall into Cal Fire's "moderate" category — yellow on the maps — but some areas along ...

Originally filed eight years ago, the maps haven’t been updated as a whole. Instead, the utilities voluntarily file piecemeal updates to mark areas as at risk for fire, or no longer at risk ...

The Vacaville City Council will discuss new fire severity zone maps from Cal Fire, which increase the risk levels of various areas in and around the city. While city leaders have acknowledged ...