Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by the state ... KCRA 3 will provide a closer look at each Northern California county's fire risk.

The new maps incorporate information on topography ... saw the most growth in the Northern California counties of Mendocino, Amador, Lake, Mono and Lassen compared to the the data from 14 years ...

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules.

A five-fold expansion of wildfire hazard zones across Southern California raised homeowner concerns ... by city and county ...

Southern California’s five most populous counties saw the size of the very ... a “very-high fire hazard severity zone.” The new state maps show fire zones extend at least seven to eight ...