Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.

One in 8 Californians now live in places at risk for the kinds of devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles this winter, according to a Washington Post analysis of new state fire maps.

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

For example, Glendale is now in the "very high" risk zone ... This is the first time in a decade that Cal Fire updated the maps for Southern California as the new classifications include ...

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of Delaware.

California's outdated utility fire maps raise concerns after recent wildfires. Despite calls for updates, regulators have ...

Basically any mountain or hillside in Los Angeles county is considered a “very high” hazard, and since the 2011 edition of the map, those areas have slightly swollen with a fringe of “high” and ...

Despite a five-fold increase in state-designated danger zones, private carriers use their own risk templates for determining homeowner premiums.

Real estate analyst Steve Thomas also noticed that his Ladera Ranch home now sits in a “moderate” fire zone ... Southern California raised homeowner concerns that new state maps could prompt ...

California risk maps are 8 years old ... Meanwhile, 35 cities without any fire zones in the previous map now do, including Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, Huntington ...