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New state fire maps have moved many Ross residents into a greater wildfire hazard zone. The Town Council voted unanimously on Thursday to adopt an ordinance designating the fire hazard severity zones.

Clark said about 500 homes are likely to be impacted by the change. Large portions of northeast Bakersfield fall into Cal Fire's "moderate" category — yellow on the maps — but some areas along ...

California's Public Advocate has been pressing for new utility fire maps since 2023. Utilities are on board — but regulators turned them down. This story was originally published by CalMatters.

The maps show the risk of a wildfire caused by equipment owned by the state’s three major investor-owned utilities; they are separate from Cal Fire’s maps that show the potential for fires ...

New CalFire fire hazard severity zone maps include parts of the Mesa neighborhood and TV Hill. Credit: Ray Ford / Noozhawk file photo A month after CalFire released new fire hazard maps ...

Originally filed eight years ago, the maps haven’t been updated as a whole. Instead, the utilities voluntarily file piecemeal updates to mark areas as at risk for fire, or no longer at risk ...