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

One in 8 Californians now live in places at risk for the kinds of devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles this ...

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.

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

California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, CalFire ... agents in these fire prone areas don’t seem especially concerned about the maps — for now. Dave Westall, president of the Tahoe ...

THIS IS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ... "Previously, Cal Fire's fire hazard maps only had a "very high" category. The new maps now include a "high" and "moderate" category. Under the new category ...

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 ...

100 days after the Southern California wildfires ... Meanwhile, 35 cities without any fire zones in the previous map now do, including Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra ...

LOS ANGELES -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden State.

Southern California’s five most populous ... Meanwhile, 35 cities without any fire zones in the previous map now do, including Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra ...