Owners of the 7,300 homes that escaped the January wildfires need financial assistance to harden their houses, residents and ...

The number of acres in San Luis Obispo County in some kind of fire hazard zone increased 862% under the new state map.

Ramona falls under the unincorporated areas of the maps, which are not separated by the various towns, officials said.

Home and building owners in some parts of northeast Bakersfield will have to take additional fire prevention measures next year following the release of updated wildfire severity maps. The California ...

(Contributing Photographer/John Valenzuela) While new construction in fire zones must ... In Southern California, at least 1,766 square miles have been designated as having a “high” or ...

Below is a press release from multiple fire departments regarding Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA – On March 10, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ...

The City of Santa Barbara will be merging the new CalFire maps with its Community Wildfire Protection Plan, which had already identified some of the new high-fire hazard zones. “The new maps ...

National mega-developer KB Home is marketing Dixon Trail as the first purpose-built “ wildfire resilient neighborhood ” in ...

California’s Public Advocate has been pressing for new utility fire maps since 2023. Utilities are on board — but regulators turned them down.

More than 3,000 square miles of California are in these danger zones, including the ... owners are concerned, the maps will primarily guide defensible space inspections and construction standards, ...