A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by the state show more than 1 million acres are at a higher risk of wildfires.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — CalFire released a new map this week, expanding hazardous fire zones in Northern California. It's part of Governor Gavin Newsom's executive order after the Los Angeles fires.

The number of California acres mapped into higher "fire hazard severity zones" is doubling. Stricter fire safety building ...

Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps for dozens of cities and towns in inland Northern California. All but one saw an ...

Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake. Best ...

The dramatic images of wealthy neighborhoods burning during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires captured global attention, ...

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Kotek directed the state forestry department to pause any further action based on the map until the Legislature decides to ...

A sprawling web of violence across America has been linked to a fringe group of radical Berkeley pseudo-intellectuals known as the Zizians.

Californians move to Texas for affordability, yet California's population grew in 2024, fueled by shifting migration trends ...