According to Cal Fire data, San Diego County has 157,338 acres with “very high” fire hazard, the highest level of hazard. In ...

Firefighters were battling a brush fire Sunday that broke out in an apparent homeless encampment. A suspect was taken into ...

The California Department of Transportation is under pressure to boost sweeps even as budgets threaten to shrink, shelters ...

Most cities in the region saw an increase in land labeled a “very high” fire hazard, according to new maps released by Cal Fire Monday. This comes as Southern California continues to grapple with ...

The state fire marshall says the maps are meant to help cities and counties plan new communities and should not affect the insurance rates of existing homes.

Cal Fire, has been releasing these maps in installments over the last six weeks, beginning with counties in the state’s far north and ending this week with Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego ...

San Diego County was one of the few areas to see a decrease in the overall size of its “very high fire hazard severity zone” in a revised fire hazard map for Southern California issued last ...

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 ...

For the first time in at least 14 years, state officials will release updated fire maps for Southern California on Monday, ...