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

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 Delaware.

CAL FIRE has launched an interactive tool to map California's urban tree canopy. The tool is designed for researchers, ...

California is now the world’s fourth largest economy, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, citing new data from the ...

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

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- 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 ...

The number of acres in San Luis Obispo County in some kind of fire hazard zone increased 862% under the new state map.

To California Forever CEO Jan Sramek, the Solano Shipyard proposal is more than an opportunity to revitalize the area’s ...

Basically any mountain or hillside in Los Angeles county is considered a “very high” hazard, and since the 2011 edition of the map, those areas have slightly swollen with a fringe of “high” and ...

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

According to Cal Fire data, San Diego County has 157,338 acres with “very high” fire hazard, the highest level of hazard. In 2011, that figure was more than 180,700 acres.