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

THESE ACRES WERE NOT CONSIDERED HIGH RISK BA California officials on ... which is in the high fire hazard red area on the map. Right now, 1,500 homes are built and a total of 6,000 are expected ...

California adds 2.3M acres to high-risk fire zones, with new rules for ember-resistant zones. California's wildfire risk is rising, with over 2.3 million acres in high-risk zones. Droughts and ...

Roosevelt Banks’s home in Altadena, Calif., was destroyed by the California wildfires. Nearly two months later, he’s still awaiting answers from his insurer and living week to week in hotels.

"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 Corinne Beshara.

Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in California's wildfire landscape. The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations ...

The California Department ... The county's zones at "very high" fire hazard now cover nearly 7,600 acres, compared to just 11 acres in 2011. The maps, as specified by Cal Fire, only indicate ...

(File photo courtesy of Cal Fire) Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in California as facing “high” or ...

Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in California's wildfire landscape. The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building ...

"California’s resilience means we will keep updating our standards in the most fire-prone areas." The maps are divided into Fire Hazard Severity Zones—moderate, High, or Very High—and ...