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

State officials have released a third batch of maps showing fire hazards in California's Bay Area and the state's northern ...

With streaks of yellow, orange and red, Cal Fire’s new fire risk maps make plain the extent of fire danger in the Bay Area. The origin of the maps dates to one of the first major wildfires to burn ...

TALKED WITH FIRE OFFICIALS IN THE EAST BAY ABOUT THE NEW MAP ... AND FOR THE AREAS NOW CONSIDERED A HIGHER RISK, THE MAPS WILL LEAD TO UPDATED REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING AND LOCAL PLANNING.

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

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

Cal Fire's new fire risk maps make plain the extent of fire danger in the Bay Area. The origin of the maps date back to one of the first major wildfires to burn into neighborhoods in the state ...

Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity maps show dramatic increases in some areas of Sonoma and Napa counties and around San Jose. In Contra Costa ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- CAL FIRE is overhauling its wildfire risk maps for cities across the Bay Area. The new fire lines will mean major changes for homeowners. It's the first time in more than a ...

At least 37 people have died across seven states as powerful storm systems swept through the Midwest and the South.

Separately, for the first time in 15 years, Cal Fire also released a new fire-risk map for the Bay Area. The red areas on the map represent very high-risk fire zones. Sonoma County saw the biggest ...