Richard C Cobb, Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Most of Californias population resides within or adjacent to the ...

LOS ANGELES - Firefighters on Monday continue to battle several wildfires in the Inland Empire, and some neighborhoods remain ...

Now you can add water woes to the list of issues facing Diablo Grande. The community’s residents must approve a jaw-dropping water rate increase from $145 to $569 monthly — nearly a 300% jump — or ...

Board of Supervisors penned a letter urging the state to reconsider the recent policy change it says will disproportionately ...

Hedges and trees may actually reduce home exposure to radiant heat and flying embers, but they must be well maintained. Two ...

However, fire season is a never-ending phenomenon now, said Toni Davis, the public information officer for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s San Luis Obispo unit. “We ...

The latest maps show 25,850 acres considered “very high” fire hazard in the unincorporated areas of the county in 2011, compared to 13,572 acres with the same classification in 2025.

Jones, who was Insurance Commissioner from 2011 to 2019, helped regulate California’s response to increasingly deadly and destructive catastrophic wildfires during his two-term tenure, when more ...

Five years ago, California was reeling from the Camp Fire, the country’s deadliest wildfire in a century. ... “High” and “very high” hazard zones have grown by 168 percent since 2011.

California fire hazard severity maps released for 4th phase. See where SoCal counties stand. ... THE TERRITORY DEEMED HIGH OR VERY HIGH HAZARD GOING UP BY 168% SINCE 2011.