A downed power line in East County led to outages for hundreds of San Diego Gas & Electric customers, while several spot ...

Utility maps of wildfire risk need updating, says the California Public Advocate—and utilities agree. State regulators voted ...

Cooler temperatures and more rain in March helped some regions in the state. But forecasts reveal persistent drought and ...

For the first time since 2011—and in the wake of January’s historically destructive Los Angeles infernos—Cal Fire has updated its Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for areas of the state that are served ...

Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.

Chief Jim McDougald, Assistant Deputy Director of Cal Fire, said, "We have all seen over the last ten plus years, an increase in large fires in California." The map is the result of six years of ...

It does this for state responsibility areas, where Cal Fire is responsible for responding to fires, and the local responsibility areas, where that job falls on city and county fire departments.

Still, the new maps show more areas of in the city of Santa Barbara have been dubbed as hazardous, the city said in a ...

Areas of Soledad Natural Park, La Jolla Heights Natural Park, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve and UC San Diego are given the highest level of concern ...

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Gavin Newsom in February following the string of wildfires that struck Los Angeles and Ventura counties the month prior, including the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires. Cal Fire released the ...