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% ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...