Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern ...

The new fire hazard severity zone maps issued by Cal Fire this week are part of a two-month statewide rollout.

The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones is set to be released Monday by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and Cal Fire. New maps rating the likelihood and severity of ...

As a late-winter storm brings rain to Southern California, evacuation warnings have been issued in recent wildfire burn areas.

State officials have released a third batch of maps showing fire hazards in California's Bay Area and the state's northern ...

When maps for a region are released ... Monday's new maps are Phase 2 in the plan to release maps for all 58 California counties. Phase 3 will include the following counties on March 10: Amador ...

Flood watches are in effect for most of L.A. County, with the possibility for flooding across the area. Schoenfeld said there ...

The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones, which assess the likelihood of wildfire behavior in local ...

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Researchers from UC Riverside say they found an entirely new species of California manzanita. Its bark is gray instead of red.

California officials on Monday released another set of county maps rating the likelihood and severity of wildfires as part of an executive order by Gov. Gavin Newsom signed earlier this month.