State officials recently added tens of thousands of acres to wildfire hazard zones in and around Ventura County cities.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection updated the fire hazard severity zones based on new modeling. Last year, the agency adopted updated maps of unincorporated, rural areas ...

Leading into the much-anticipated release of the state’s mapping of high fire severity zones, Menlo Park and Atherton fire, ...

The map, revised by Cal Fire under the guidance of the State Fire Marshall, shows wildfire risk for use in land use planning, building code enforcement and wildlife mitigation strategy development. It ...

Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built ...

Despite leaving some high-fire areas off the map, regulators say the plan is designed specifically to benefit suburban ...

Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built ...

Gary Gerren, the affable fire chief in the community of Fallen Leaf Lake, is serious about protecting the few hundred full-time residents and the thousands of summer daytrippers who descend on his ...

Plumas County’s new Fire Hazard Severity Zones, impacting local responsibility areas, alter property classifications and ...