Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of Delaware.

weather patterns and the presence of fire fuels such as thick vegetation. Watch on Deadline Despite the deadly Palisades Fire, the West L.A. zones of Very High Hazard in red on the new map below ...

fire weather and other relevant factors such as areas where winds are a major cause of wildfire spread, according to Cal Fire. The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps, ...

He covers topics related to weather, climate ... have been designated as fire hazard zones under updated maps released on Monday by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ...

The number of acres in the top two fire zones ... fire maps in February, releasing maps for Northern and Central California in three prior phases. Berlant said rapidly changing weather delayed ...

More than 3.5 million additional acres across Southern California, including Los Angeles County, have been designated as fire hazard zones under updated maps released on Monday by the California ...

terrain and typical fire weather. There are three hazard levels: moderate, high and very high. “Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps evaluate ‘hazard,’ not ‘risk’,” the fire marshal’s ...

LOS ANGELES -- Severe fire ... zone goes to show just how serious of a wildfire problem we have," State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant said. The new maps incorporate information on topography, fire ...