Cal Fire had zoned 72,000 acres as "very high" across the 16 Northern California counties in its old maps, created between 2008 and 2011. In its updated maps, the agency zoned nearly 600,000 acres ...

The new fire hazard severity zone maps issued by Cal Fire this week are part of a two-month statewide rollout.

A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by the state show more than 1 million acres are at a higher risk of wildfires.

Southern California’s five most populous counties saw the size of the very-high fire zone grow to more than 812,000 acres in the latest update, up from just over 644,000 in the previous maps ...