Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the highest hazard zone by 26%.

Basically any mountain or hillside in Los Angeles county is considered a “very high” hazard, and since the 2011 edition of the map, those areas have slightly swollen with a fringe of “high” and ...

For the first time in at least 14 years, state officials will release updated fire maps for Southern California on Monday, March 24, showing where wildfires are most likely to occur within the next ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:50 p.m. in Los Angeles County. Scenic Fire has been burning on county land. At this ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket ... the Santa Monica Mountains on the 2011 maps. In Altadena, an unincorporated part of L.A. County that faced the worst of January's Eaton ...

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for 86 days. A crew of 800 firefighters managed to contain the blaze entirely by ...

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

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

Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Imperial, Mono and Inyo. Cal Fire had already released fire maps for Northern and Central California this year. The new 2025 maps update ...

Two months after the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, Cal Fire has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the county. The surveys use various criteria to identify ...

A prominent group of academics and real estate industry experts has crafted a far-reaching plan to hasten the recovery of Los ...

Los Angeles County must adopt the new wildfire hazard maps by July 22nd. According to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, that means if residents in the newly expanded zones get their building ...