Evacuation orders and warnings remained in effect Friday morning for communities near the Pickett Fire southeast of Calistoga ...

Cal Fire says there are many steep inclines, making it hard for crews on the ground to travel to the fire zones.

On the maps, which cover all 58 counties, are three color-coded designations: yellow for moderate fire hazard, orange for high hazard and red for very high. This time, CalFire says those zones are ...

Pioneer, CA – Better mapping of the blaze’s perimeter has increased the Tiger Fire’s acreage to 117.

Cal Fire crews spread throughout the state early Tuesday as 11 wildfires of at least 300 acres continued to burn. Two Northern California fires that started Monday grew particularly fast, each ...

Why It Matters California Governor Gavin Newsom said Cal Fire's new maps would add at least 1.4 million acres to zones requiring stricter fire safety regulations. More than 360,000 of those acres ...

Cal Fire officials stated that the updated maps show 2007 to 2011 coverage compared to 2025. The coverage zones are based on several factors, including vegetation, fire history, terrain and weather.

Cal Fire said its new maps would largely leave these weaknesses unaddressed, given that First Street's nascent approach currently lacks the decades of scientific support their current approach has.

In county fire's jurisdiction, the proposed maps include 59,000 parcels in very high hazard areas, up from 49,000 in the current maps. Previously, the state only included "very high" severity ...