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

Even a small fire in the Oakland hills is enough to bring up bad memories for many in the community, especially given the ...

OAKLAND — A two-alarm fire broke out Thursday afternoon in the East Oakland hills. The fire ignited around 1:05 p.m. in the ...

Home and building owners in some parts of northeast Bakersfield will have to take additional fire prevention measures next ...

CalFire released its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps. Different colors come with different rules.

For the first time since 2011—and in the wake of January’s historically destructive Los Angeles infernos—Cal Fire has updated its Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for areas of the state that are served ...

(Michelle Guerrero / The San Diego Union-Tribune) The maps detail fire hazard levels across Southern California for areas where city and county fire departments are responsible for responding to ...

Also see: Southern California fire danger zones increase 76% in new maps All told, the size of these orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size ...

according to new maps released by Cal Fire Monday. This comes as Southern California continues to grapple with severe drought as a result of a La Niña weather pattern, raising the chances of ...

New bursts of yellow dot the hills of Mendocino County. Smears of burnt orange now span the aqueduct near Bakersfield. A fresh splash of crimson juts east of Chico like a fresh wound. With the ...