The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has released updated fire hazard severity zones for ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden ...

There are three hazard levels: moderate, high and very high. “Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps evaluate ‘hazard,’ not ‘risk’,” the fire marshal’s office said. “They are like flood ...

Southern California’s five most populous counties saw the size of the very-high fire zone grow to more than 812,000 acres in the latest update, up from just over 644,000 in the previous maps ...

New state fire maps released for Morgan Hill show significant shifts in wildfire risk designations, with some areas seeing ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. New bursts of yellow dot the hills of Mendocino County.

it’s still an important reminder that all of California needs to be prepared for wildfire.” Cal Fire’s 2011 map for Atascadero shows 6,213 acres in the very high fire hazard severity zone.