Two large wildfires in Northern California, one near Shasta Lake, continue to burn amid extremely hot weather, sending smoke ...

Southern California fire danger zones increase 76% in new maps Local governments now have until July 22 to adopt the maps as their own designations.

Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in California as facing “high” or “very high” danger of wildfires.

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 ...

Southern California fire danger zones increase 76% in new maps Local governments now have until April 23 to make the maps public and until July 22 to adopt them as their own designations.