Understanding California at the deepest level is SFGATE’s mission. That’s why we decided to make our own regional map, starting with soliciting as much reader feedback as we could to help us ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Cal Fire, released new draft maps this week showing fire hazards in cities across California's Bay Area and the state's northern coast as ...

AccuWeather predicted that California could see up to 1.5 million acres burned this year, up by about half a million acres from last year and the historical average from 2001 to 2020.