To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame length and ember-dispersion distances, terrain and weather patterns are ...

Waymo, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, is expanding its service area with a new swath of coverage not connected to ...

Several locations in the Bay Area are considered very high fire hazard severity zones, according to new maps released this week by the Office of the State Fire Marshal.

San Francisco’s buzzy Four Kings is among the seven new Bay Area additions to the Michelin California guide for 2025. The ...

(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) New maps issued by state fire officials ... According to the California Association of Counties, it is unlikely that home insurance providers would use the maps ...

A dozen East Bay cities in Contra Costa County have areas that fall into the "very high fire hazard severity" category, ...

An atmospheric river is expected to hit California later this week, bringing heavy rain and wind to much of the state.

The new maps include Oakland and Santa Rosa, scenes of deadly fires, along with Northern California’s wine country. New fire hazard maps for the entire state will be released by March 24 ...

A recent study by a NASA-led team has detailed the areas of California where land is sinking ... Land in San Rafael, Corte Madera, Foster City and Bay Farm Island in the San Francisco Bay Area was ...

(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) New maps issued by state fire officials ... According to the California Association of Counties, it is unlikely that home insurance providers would use the maps ...