The National Weather Service is making sweeping changes to the designation of regional fire areas of northwestern California, which will have the result of changing communication to the public ...

Cal Fire added thousands of San Luis Obispo properties to a new map that identified fire-prone areas in California this year — and now those property owners will need to retrofit their homes and yards ...

A newly released fire hazard severity map from Cal Fire identifies areas within Goleta that fall into three fire hazard severity categories: very high, high and moderate. Credit: Courtesy map Cal Fire ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signs indicate that this property's hazardous materials removal is complete after the home was destroyed by the Eaton fire in Altadena. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) ...

The number of acres in the top two fire zones that must comply with stiffer, fire-safe building codes increased 76% in Southern California areas protected by local firefighters, new state hazard maps ...

Maps that more than double the local area included in fire hazard severity zones are expected to take effect in July for Ventura County property owners. The California Department of Forestry and Fire ...

Preliminary soil testing in the aftermath of the Palisades and Eaton wildfires has uncovered isolated pockets of chemical contamination in the Palisades area, prompting calls for further investigation ...

As if pouring water from a watering can, a firefighter held up a drip torch over a freshly planted rose bush and released a few drops — not of water but of flaming fuel, igniting the bush and the ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released updated fire-hazard severity-zone maps for Los Angeles County for the first time in over a decade on Monday, adding more than 440,000 ...