The Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, published Monday for Southern California, show fire hazard creeping farther into some of L.A.'s most populous areas. “Very high” fire hazard severity now ...

It’s the first update to these hazard zone classifications since 2011. The Golden State’s top fire agency published the color-coded maps to show how much of the state is fire-prone and how intensely a ...

LAist logo. Local and national news, NPR, things to do, ... LA's fire hazard has grown. What does that mean for insurance? By Libby Rainey. Published Mar 30, 2025 5:00 AM ...

2007-2011 Fire Hazard Severity Zones. Once the hazard zone maps are released by the state, local jurisdictions can adopt them or amend them by increasing the hazard level for particular areas.

Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern California come out March 24.

Cal Fire has issued a fire hazard severity zone map for Sacramento County, rating nearly 78,000 acres under some threat from wildfires. It’s the first significant change to the state’s ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of Southern California on new state maps published Monday - the first release of its kind in 14 years - as fire officials rush to keep ...

Several areas of La Jolla are identified as having “very high” fire hazards in a new assessment by Cal Fire, the first new map since 2011 laying out fire hazard zones across the state.

Fire hazard severity map for Cupertino (courtesy of Cal Fire) Morgan Hill lost area considered very high hazard — the acreage dropped to 638 in current maps from 1,506 in 2011 — but has 1,493 ...

SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, known as Cal Fire, released its new fire hazard maps on Monday, including for Sacramento, detailing which areas have the ...