“Today's release of updated hazard assessment maps from Cal Fire ... underlines the ongoing wildfire crisis that California is experiencing,” Rep. George Whitesides (D-Agua Dulce) said in a ...

What do the maps show? The Office of the State Fire Marshal found that the land area considered to have "very high" fire hazard severity jumped more than 30% since the last assessment in 2011.

CAL Fire has been releasing the results of the various areas of the state over recent weeks, with the fourth and final ...

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 ...

Areas of Soledad Natural Park, La Jolla Heights Natural Park, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve and UC San Diego are given the highest level of concern ...

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 ...

The new fire hazard severity zone maps were issued ... The biggest changes in the new maps are the detailed assessments of the fire danger zones that are the responsibility of local fire departments.