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

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

More parts of Orange County are identified where residents might be required to start taking measures to protect their homes.

“The Cal Fire maps are not what we use to look at our risk,” said ... an agent with Keller Williams Realty in San Clemente. “It’s just one more thing, and I don’t have a problem with it.” Brush ...