California could see up to 1.5 million acres burned this year, AccuWeather said. That'd be an increase from 2024 and the ...

Dry grass stretches across open fields near Nash Road, a reminder of the increasing fire danger across San Benito County. With fire protection contracts set to expire at the end of this year, the ...

California’s Public Advocate has been pressing for new utility fire maps since 2023. Utilities are on board — but regulators turned them down.

Between 7 and 9 million acres could burn nationwide in 2025—a figure that surpasses historical averages—according to ...

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 based on ...

The commission’s fire risk maps sprung out of a regulatory response to a series of fires in late 2007 in Southern California, several of which were attributed to utility equipment. As a result ...

The commission’s fire risk maps sprung out of a regulatory response to a series of fires in late 2007 in Southern California, several of which were attributed to utility equipment. As a result ...

Weeks after deadly fires swept through Los Angeles County, the state regulator in charge of overseeing utility companies declined a request that would have required California's largest utilities ...

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 ...