Cal Fire's updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
After the Moss Landing battery fire, should California limit where battery storage plants can be built?
A business park in South San Jose. Jack London Square in Oakland. The San Diego waterfront. Next door to a high school in ...
Newsom wants to speed up delayed rule to make California homes more fire resistant
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will order state officials to advance implementation of a state rule aiming to make homes more ...
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California utility investigating ‘every possibility’ for cause of Eaton Fire, including its own equipment
The LAFD has suggested Southern California Edison equipment caused the Hurst Fire, which burned nearly 800 acres before it ...
Opinion
Opinion: We can’t afford to lose FEMA amid California’s fires
There’s a ritual I perform alongside many Californians every morning. It doesn’t involve my usual round of meditation but instead an anxious scroll through the fire maps and weather forecasts. We ...
Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet ...
One California city tries a different approach to fire prevention: A new spray on dry brush
This approach to fire prevention is new for both San Diego and the nation: The company making Citrotech, Mighty Fire Breaker, ...
California should expedite rules that could have helped mitigate L.A. fires, lawmakers say
Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some ...
Arizona Daily Star9d
California tragedy sparks fears about growing desert wildfire threat
Large wildfires in the desert were once rare. Now experts worry that invasive plants and a changing fire cycle are putting our saguaros and our homes in danger.
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Clinton Township artist living in LA during wildfires weighs in on outpouring of love and blame
The Michigan native said the outpouring of support for Los Angeles from around the United States and the world has been ...