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LOS ANGELES -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden State.

Even with these additions, the maps badly need updating, according to Cal Advocates, which represents ratepayers before the California Public Utilities Commission. A proposal from the agency would ...

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.

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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.

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 ...

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.