In this Reality Check, The Tribune investigated how various areas are labeled under Cal Fire’s new fire hazard severity maps.

What he doesn’t see is a eucalyptus grove — as indicated by an outdated map Cal Fire recently used to determine that his property was in a “very high” fire hazard severity zone.

State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant outlines how Cal Fire is preparing for the peak of California’s increasingly long and ...

Cal Fire said its firefighters are assisting the Tahoe National Forest on the fire off North Fork Place in Placer County.

Cal Fire officials compared the hazard maps to those of flood zones. The zones are based on the likelihood that an area will burn over decades. But they do not show the risk or potential damage a ...

Alameda County Fire says the blaze has burned approximately 25 to 30 acres with a moderate to dangerous rate of spread, with ...

CAL FIRE Captain John Gaddie tells Action News Now that the fire is approximately one acre in size and is moving at a slow rate of spread.

According to Cal Fire, the fire was located near O’Brynes Ferry Road at the Lake Tulloch Bridge and had burned at least three ...

Both Cal Fire and California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara have said that insurance companies are ahead of the state maps. Staff did acknowledge that real estate transfers in high and very ...