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

Newly released draft fire risk maps from Cal Fire have updated changes in Solano County’s Fire Hazard Severity Zones, used by ...

In 2011, the city had 10,838 ... flame length, ember-dispersion distances, terrain and weather patterns are included, according to Cal Fire. Fire officials emphasize that the maps are intended ...

Individual planning is emphasized, as well as city of San Diego efforts and group preparation through Fire Safe Councils ...

New maps issued by state fire officials show several Bay Area cities with striking increases in areas deemed at high and very high likelihood of wildfire, raising the specter of residents losing homes ...

Cal Fire is rolling out new hazard maps that show much more of the state at risk of wildfire than before. They will require homeowners, developers and localities to change how they think about safety ...

Years before the L.A. fires, Orchard Hills faced a fire of its own — and came out mostly unscathed due to a long collaboration between the developer and fire department.

Called an ember-resistant zone ... according to Cal Fire's map. The city has about 702 acres in one of the three fire hazard severity zones, whereas it had none listed in the earlier maps released ...

The previous statewide maps were released from 2007 through 2011. In those jurisdictions, city or county fire departments ... requiring a five-foot ember-resistant zone around structures in ...

A dozen East Bay cities in Contra Costa County have areas that fall into the "very high fire hazard severity" category, according to new maps released ... 0," requiring an ember-resistant zone ...