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Two months after deadly wildfires razed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, Cal Fire has released a new map showing fire hazard severity zones for the entire state. The maps were developed ...
California's outdated utility fire maps raise concerns after recent wildfires. Despite calls for updates, regulators have ...
The new maps incorporate information on topography, fire weather ... or up to the property line. For new properties in high hazard zones, developers will have to follow California regulations ...
Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.
WE HAVE TH California officials on Monday released the fourth and final set of local maps that rate the likelihood and expected severity of wildfires.The "Fire Hazard Severity Zones in Local ...
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California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Cal Fire, has been releasing these maps in installments over the last six weeks, beginning with counties in the state’s far north and ...
Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...
Weeks after deadly fires swept through Los Angeles County, the state regulator in charge of overseeing utility companies declined a request that would have required California’s largest utilities to ...
LOS ANGELES -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday ... or up to the property line. For new properties in high hazard zones, developers will ...
Southern California’s five most populous counties saw the size of the very-high fire zone grow to more than 812,000 acres in the latest update, up from just over 644,000 in the previous maps ...