Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern ...

State officials recently added tens of thousands of acres to wildfire hazard zones in and around Ventura County cities.

The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones is set to be released Monday by the Office of the State Fire ...

Cal Fire released its new fire hazard severity maps, including for Sacramento, detailing which areas are at high risk of ...

CalFire has new threat designations for areas much closer to urban areas than before. Maps for the Central Valley came out ...

"It is always a concern, when you live in an area that it is so open, that you could have a fire erupt at any point," said ...

Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built ...

The new fire hazard severity zone maps issued by Cal Fire this week are part of a two-month statewide rollout.

Cal Fire's new hazard zone maps show information on topography, fire weather, flame length, past fire history, vegetation type and the overall likelihood of a wildfire igniting in the area.

According to a news release sent by Vallejo Fire Captain Aaron Klauber, Vallejo has only a few areas designated within the ...