The Pinole Ridge Trail is marked “Difficult” on the map at the trailhead, mostly because it ascends more than 1,100 feet in ...

For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity ...

Several locations in the Bay Area are considered very high fire hazard severity zones, according to new maps released this ...

A man fleeing the California Highway Patrol attempted to evade officers by boarding a Bay Area bus on Wednesday night but was ...

The new transit maps and signs will work to create an easier to use tool for riders as they plan out their trips.

To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame ...

(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group ... According to the California Association of Counties, it is unlikely that home insurance providers would use the maps as a factor in deciding on coverage ...

The new maps include Oakland and Santa Rosa, scenes of deadly fires, along with Northern California’s wine country. New fire hazard maps for the entire state will be released by March 24 ...

Local leaders say the Cal Fire publication could affect the enforcement of state laws on defensible space and real estate.

The maps released Monday covered cities and towns protected by local fire departments in 17 counties in the San Francisco Bay ...