The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations focused on fire safety. While the new regulations may eventually lower insurance premiums for some homeowners ...

Vetter Mountain lookout is about a five-mile round-trip hike. When it's open, you'll be greeted by a panorama of L.A. and a ...

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The Observatory narrowly escaped being consumed by wildfire as fire crews worked overnight to beat back flames in the foothills above east San Jose. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) New maps ...

Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in California's wildfire landscape. The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations ...

Cal Fire’s updated maps will add 1.4 million acres to zones requiring stricter fire safety regulations, including parts of San Joaquin County around Tracy and Mountain House. The new maps ...

Feb. 25—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 ...