Southern California saw its fire risk zones expand by 3.5 million acres in CalFire’s new hazard maps. Homeowners in those ...
All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of ...
Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...
Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.