This comes as Southern California continues to grapple with severe drought as a result of a La Niña weather pattern, raising the chances of devastating wildfires. Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps ...

Several areas of La Jolla are identified as having “very high” fire hazards in a new assessment by Cal Fire, the first new map since 2011 laying out fire hazard zones across the state.

In LA County, areas deemed “very high” jumped by 30%. “You expect from year-to-year that these hazard maps wouldn’t change,” says Ben Christopher, housing reporter for CalMatters who wrote about the ...

(NEXSTAR) – A La Niña winter is still in the cards for the U.S., the Climate Prediction Center said in an updated forecast Thursday. The Center, a division of the National Oceanic and ...

The new maps will show more areas at high fire ... agencies detailing which areas are at very high fire hazard, down to the parcel level. LA’s wildfires will delay the agency further, State ...

Donate now. Fire hazard has grown in Los Angeles County over the past decade, according to new state maps. The Office of the State Fire Marshal found that the land area considered to have "very ...

The short-lived reign of La Niña has come to an end. La Niña – a natural climate pattern that can influence weather worldwide – arrived at the start of this year but had a very short and odd ...