Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...

In line with the governor’s executive order on fire safety last week, Cal Fire has begun releasing new hazard maps for local ...

Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to prepare for future urban firestorms with updates to fire hazard maps.

The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet ...

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with devastating fire damage.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) says that more than 12,300 structures have been destroyed—though individual measures for Palisades and Eaton are less than this.

“All of this adds up to the fact that it’s not sustainable in this state to be a property owner,” he said. Cal Fire officials repeatedly said that the maps required by state legislation are ...

The Tunnel fire broke out in a wooded canyon just minutes away from UC Berkeley, where David Sapsis was working on his Ph.D.

Cal Fire creates maps for the wildland regions where it is responsible for responding to fires and for the more developed areas of the state where local fire departments are responsible for ...

Four wildfires released towering plumes of smoke and soot, some of them seen from Kenneth Hahn State Recreational Area in Los Angeles on Jan. 8. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) ...