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CalFire released a new map this week, expanding hazardous fire zones in Northern California. It's part of Governor Gavin ...
In an update that could redefine community planning and safety measures, the California Department of Forestry and Fire ...
Cal Fire had already released fire maps for Northern and Central California this year. The new 2025 maps update the previous 2007-2011 models, with zone rankings based on vegetation, terrain ...
CalFire released the last of its updated fire hazard severity maps on Monday, showing a 3.5 million acre expansion of Southern California’s zones. The largest increases were in the Antelope Valley and ...
California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, CalFire, has been releasing these maps in installments over the last six weeks, beginning with counties in the state’s far north and ending ...
Still, the new maps show more areas of in the city of Santa Barbara have been dubbed as hazardous, the city said in a ...
Cal Fire is releasing these maps in sections; this is the third of four planned, with only Southern California left. So far, inland Northern California and Central California saw roughly fivefold ...
More parts of Orange County are identified where residents might be required to start taking measures to protect their homes.
Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...
Home and building owners in some parts of northeast Bakersfield will have to take additional fire prevention measures next year following the release of updated wildfire severity maps. The California ...
In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...
The high and very high hazard zones — in orange and red on the CalFire maps — cover 3,626 square miles for California. That’s home to about 3.7 million people, CalMatters reported.