Maps that more than double the local area included in fire hazard severity zones are expected to take effect in July for Ventura County property owners. The California Department of Forestry and ...

See full map: Click here to view the interactive map. In Ventura County, the proposed "very high" category includes more than 341,000 acres – or 96% of the rural, unincorporated area – up 21% ...

The maps may mean some local homeowners face new regulations and will require "a huge" transition for the Ventura County Fire Department, said Joe Morelli, the county's fire marshal.

The Ventura County Sheriff's Office received a report around 9:10 p.m. May 31 of a suspicious death in the 12000 block of Sisar Road in unincorporated Santa Paula, often referred to as Upper Ojai ...

Strong winds blow embers through the sky in the Eaton Fire on January 7, 2025, in Pasadena, California. Another wind-driven wildfire, known as the Auto Fire, has broken out in Ventura County.

The raging California fires continue with a new blaze that broke out in Ventura County's Simi Valley area. As of 6 p.m. Wednesday, the fast-moving Simi Valley brush fire (known as the Easy Fire ...

Eyewitness News data journalist Jill Castellano found that more than 88,000 acres in Ventura County fall into that "very hazardous" category - a 54% increase in acreage since the prior maps from 2011.

A Ventura County brush fire that ignited on a day of red-flag warnings across California has burned 10,000 ... Evacuations were ordered for the 60-square-mile area shown in red on the map ...

Hueneme Road and Raytheon Road, an unincorporated area of Ventura County where shots were allegedly fired during a road-rage incident on April 9, 2025. (Google Maps) ...

Maps that more than double the local area included in fire hazard severity zones are expected to take effect in July for Ventura County property owners. The maps may mean some local homeowners ...

The fire had destroyed 132 structures as of Thursday, the Ventura County Fire Department said. Evacuations covered more than 80 square miles — the area shown in red — including some ...