The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released new fire-hazard severity maps Monday that added thousands of acres within the purview of local fire departments across agricultural ...

Water officials in California have increased the water allocation forecast for 27 million Californians after several March ...

For the first time in 14 years, California's fire hazard severity zone maps have been updated by the state fire marshal.

Cal Fire said the maps are proactive, to be used in wildland-urban interface building standards for new construction and ...

The maps, covering 15 counties in Central California, are part of Cal Fire’s two-month rollout of new hazard zones for the regions where local city and county fire departments are responsible ...