A 47-year-old man suffered severe burns after police said his alleged drug lab in a Westchester County hotel sparked a blaze ...

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.

The Vacaville City Council voted Tuesday evening to send a letter to the state government opposing new Cal Fire maps sent by the state fire marshal. The city is required to accept these maps ...

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 ...

Maps are available online from Cal Fire, fire.ca.gov, and links to the maps and the public comment portal are available at KCFD's website, kerncountyfire.org, and the Kern County Department of ...

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 ...

The Vacaville City Council will discuss new fire severity zone maps from Cal Fire, which increase the risk levels of various areas in and around the city. While city leaders have acknowledged ...