Starting in 2025, the National Hurricane Center will compose maps showing rip current risks when a tropical cyclone ...

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

For the first time since 2011—and in the wake of January’s historically destructive Los Angeles infernos—Cal Fire has updated its Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for areas of the state that are served ...

They’re meant to highlight the places where people should be doing those things. If the maps are based on mostly immutable characteristics, why have the hazard areas exploded across California since ...

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 Delaware.

Weeks after deadly fires swept through Los Angeles County, the state regulator in charge of overseeing utility companies declined a request that would have required California’s largest utilities to ...

California's outdated utility fire maps raise concerns after recent wildfires. Despite calls for updates, regulators have ...

Alameda County, Mendocino County, San Bernadino County, and San Mateo County are all featured in the top 10, at fifth, seventh, ninth, and 10th respectively. The largest cities in each respectively ...

the maps badly need updating, according to Cal Advocates, which represents ratepayers before the California Public Utilities Commission. Recent leasing activity highlights the rebound of 400 ...

Rep. George Whitesides (CA-27) spoke on the House floor to blast the decision to terminate U.S. Forest Service ...

They’re meant to highlight the places where people should be doing those things. If the maps are based on mostly immutable characteristics, why have the hazard areas exploded across California since ...