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 ...

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

A mail-in ballot debacle, then a review exposing failures in financial reporting, has prompted the state’s auditor to examine ...

Utility maps of wildfire risk need updating, says the California Public Advocate—and utilities agree. State regulators voted them down.

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

But Southern California -- Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego and San Bernardino counties ... conference. State and local governments have 120 days to officially adopt the maps, and they have ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Southern California was jolted Monday morning by a strong earthquake near San Diego. The earthquake, at ...

According to Cal Fire data, San Diego County has 157,338 acres with “very high” fire hazard, the highest level of hazard. In ...

Those same maps show unusually dry conditions still lurking to the east, just across the state line in ... third of San Diego County. One reason the south is still in drought is some winter storms ...

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of ...