State officials have released a third batch of maps showing fire hazards in California's Bay Area and the state's northern ...

With streaks of yellow, orange and red, Cal Fire’s new fire risk maps make plain the extent of fire danger in the Bay Area. ...

Cal Fire added more than 360,000 acres in coastal Northern California to its fire hazard zones where heightened fire safety ...

Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in jurisdictions where the state will apply stricter fire-safety building requirements.

The map reveals some areas entered the "very high risk" category. That means homeowners in those zones will now have to ...

For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity ...

California officials on Monday released another set of county maps rating the likelihood and severity of wildfires as part of an executive order by Gov. Gavin Newsom signed earlier this month.

Researchers use models that combine how weather, topography and types of vegetation raise the risk that a fire will grow ...

The new maps add 1.4 million acres of land statewide into higher fire severity categories, accompanied by stricter building ...

Cal Fire's new maps show Auburn increased its very high severity zone acreage to 800 this year compared to 326 acres a decade ago.

Local leaders say the Cal Fire publication could affect the enforcement of state laws on defensible space and real estate.

Cal Fire is rolling out new hazard maps that show much more of the state at risk of wildfire than before. They will require ...