California, Maps and Fire Risk

California's New Fire Risk Maps Have Huge Impacts for Homeowners
State officials have released a third batch of maps showing fire hazards in California's Bay Area and the state's northern region.
New California Maps Show Big Increase in Areas Facing ‘High’ or ‘Very High’ Wildfire Risk
In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules.
CAL FIRE overhauls wildfire risk maps, impacting Bay Area homeowners
For the first time in more than a decade, CAL FIRE is updating its wildfire risk maps, and areas now considered "very high risk" will eventually have to follow more fire safety rules.
New Fire Maps May Mean Higher Insurance Costs In California
Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports on California’s new fire maps and their potential impact on insurance costs. Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Cal Fire’s updated maps will add 1.
Cal Fire’s new maps show fire risk in the Bay Area. Here’s what we know
With streaks of yellow, orange and red, Cal Fire’s new fire risk maps make plain the extent of fire danger in the Bay Area. The origin of the maps date back to one of the first major wildfires to burn into neighborhoods in the state: the 1980 Panorama Fire in San Bernardino County.
New Cal Fire maps show heightened fire danger in the San Francisco Bay Area
The map reveals some areas entered the "very high risk" category. That means homeowners in those zones will now have to follow more fire-prepared guidelines set by Cal Fire, such as ensuring enough defensible space.
Cal Fire unveils fire hazard severity maps for the Bay Area
For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity maps show dramatic increases in some areas of Sonoma and Napa counties and around San Jose.
California wildfires are burning deeper into urban areas like Altadena and finding new victims
Wildfires are increasingly touching more diverse communities as fires grow in intensity and extend into urban areas, ...
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The California wildfires: devastating impacts from coast to coast
On the morning of Jan. 7, just days into the new year, the Palisades Fire erupted and ravaged the Los Angeles County coast ...
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Who Pays for California’s Wildfires? UVA Law Expert Weighs In
Losses in the state are expected to exceed $250 billion. A leading scholar in insurance law says the question isn’t if ...
California releases fire hazard maps for 17 more counties including San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Yolo
California officials on Monday released another set of county maps rating the likelihood and severity of wildfires as part of ...
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Newsom announces $245M 'Jobs First' economic recovery plan amid California wildfires
Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to provide an update on California's fire recovery and rebuilding efforts following the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires ...
‘Disaster amnesia’: The Los Angeles wildfires revealed a deeper, more vicious cycle that has plagued California for decades
The secret is out, but the charred remains of LA neighborhoods still might not be enough to change the Golden State’s ...
The Mental-Health Toll of the California Wildfires Is Just Beginning
Some of those emotions may lead people to question their future and their safety. “Some people may come out of the experience thinking the world is a much more dangerous place and find dangers lurking ...
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These Are the Winds That Turn Wildfires Deadly in L.A.
account for about 90 percent of the area burned by fall and winter wildfires in Southern California since 1950, scientists estimated in a recent study. Wildfires that began between October and ...
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After the fires, LA’s long, hard road to recovery
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the challenges communities face after the January wildfires in Los Angeles.