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Southern California beaches come in all sizes and specialties. From San Diego to Santa Barbara, some offer animal watching, ...

More than 800,000 acres of land across these SoCal counties have been classified under the highest fire hazard severity zone ...

With a few notable areas where the orange and red tide receded, like the hills above Berkeley and Oakland, territory deemed ...

Cal Fire has released maps identifying the level of fire hazard severity that cities across eight Southern California counties face as part of efforts to prepare for and prevent wildfires.

With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on Monday morning, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire ...

THIS IS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SO WE’RE KIND OF ZOOMING IN ON THAT FOR YOU RIGHT THERE. THE MAPS PUT NEARLY 4 MILLION PEOPLE NOW IN HAZARDOUS ZONES. AND YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR CODING HERE.

Night - Clear. Winds NE at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 64 °F (17.8 °C). Sunny with a high of 87 °F (30.6 °C). Winds from NE to ENE at 5 to 14 mph (8 to 22.5 kph ...

However, drought maps also reported parts Southern California are in extreme drought, boosting fire risk this spring. That’s after Southern California was already devastated by wildfires in winter.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has updated its classification of areas that are more at risk of being affected by wildfires. The new fire hazard severity zone map shows ...

“They are a planning tool.” The maps released Monday cover eight counties in Southern California and along the Nevada border: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San ...