A strong storm brewing offshore is causing breaking waves over 30 feet in some areas and creating dangerous ocean conditions.

One in 8 Californians now live in places at risk for the kinds of devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles this ...

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) -- Cal Fire's fire hazard severity maps are getting a makeover, and homeowners may want to pay attention. This critical city planning resource - which is getting a major ...

SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, known as Cal Fire, released its new fire hazard maps on Monday, including for Sacramento, detailing which areas have the ...

The next phase of updated Fire Hazard Severity Zones was released Monday by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and Cal Fire. Senate votes to avoid government shutdown as 10 Democrats vote with ...

To this end, we are working to provide three outputs. The first is the probabilistic hazard map. If we can calculate the likelihood of buildings collapsing in various types of earthquakes ...

Mayor Kimo Alameda signed agreements with the Hawaii Government Employees Association and the Hawaii Fire Fighters Association to “fulfill his promise to settle hazard pay fairly with all ...

The Deschutes County Commission voted 2-1 Monday to file an appeal of the state’s wildfire hazard map on behalf of all 21,258 properties in the highest designation, a move intended to send a ...

Statewide, 1.4 million acres have been added to higher fire severity categories. Editorials represent the views of The Press Democrat editorial board and The Press Democrat as an institution.

Cal Fire’s Fire Hazard Severity maps for local jurisdictions, issued in 2011, are being updated, with Bay Area maps released Monday. While the old maps showed only areas deemed “very high ...