The State Fire Marshal this week released new maps showing an increase in areas designated as “very high” fire risk — the first update in 14 years. As KPBS North County reporter Alexander ...

The updated maps use a color-coded system to indicate fire hazard severity: yellow for moderate, orange for high, and red for very high risk. San Diego County has seen a significant increase in ...

San Diego County just got a lot redder ... Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps evaluate “hazard,” not “risk,” Cal Fire says. Here’s the agency’s definition of both: “‘Hazard‘ is ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – The Office of the State Fire Marshal released new maps that indicate which parts of San Diego County are in a very high-risk zone for fires. For the first time in 15 years ...

More than 100 firefighters from San Diego Fire, Cal Fire, and other local agencies responded to the scene, employing both ground and air tactics to combat the flames. Firefighters dropped retardant ...

(Michelle Guerrero / The San Diego Union-Tribune) The maps detail fire hazard levels ... maps detail an area’s susceptibility to wildfire, not risk. “What we’re mapping is the hazard of ...

Several areas of La Jolla are identified as having “very high” fire hazards in a new assessment by Cal Fire, the first new map since 2011 laying out fire hazard zones across the state.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- CAL FIRE is overhauling its wildfire risk maps for cities across the Bay Area. The new fire lines will mean major changes for homeowners. It's the first time in more than a ...