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

City, state, and county officials broke ground on the nearly $2 billion Lower San Joaquin River Project, which will protect 264,000 people, 71,000 acres, and an estimated $21 billion in property ...

“Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps evaluate ‘hazard,’ not ‘risk’,” the fire marshal’s office said. “They are like flood zone maps ... of impacts.” California neighborhood ranked ...

California’s Public Advocate has been pressing for new utility fire maps since 2023. Utilities are on board — but regulators ...

The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps ... data points that they utilize to analyze risk.” Wildfires, tariffs put a squeeze on California homeowners Oh, Canada: As Canuck ...

The results were striking. Once people were shown flood risk maps, their preferences changed decisively—away from scenic seafront properties and towards locations that were inland and considered ...

The commission’s fire risk maps sprung out of a regulatory response to a series of fires in late 2007 in Southern California, several of which were attributed to utility equipment. As a result ...