For the first time in at least 14 years, state officials will release updated fire maps for Southern California on Monday, ...

More than 3.5 million additional acres across Southern California, including Los Angeles County, have been designated as fire hazard zones under updated maps released on Monday by the California ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

with Monday's maps for Southern California marking the long-awaited completion of the project. The end-result is stark: 6.8 million acres of fire hazard zones running up and down California.

Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.

Since golden mussels were recently identified in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, waterways in parts of Northern California and the Bay Area have introduced new rules for boaters.

Cal Fire has released maps identifying the level of fire hazard severity that cities across eight Southern California counties face as part of efforts to prepare for and prevent wildfires. The updated ...

Despite a five-fold increase in state-designated danger zones, private carriers use their own risk templates for determining ...

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the ...

However, drought maps also reported parts Southern California are in extreme drought, boosting fire risk this spring. That’s after Southern California was already devastated by wildfires in winter.