A 5.2 magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was ...

The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 and was near the mountain town of Julian, east of San Diego, according to ...

Los Angeles-area residents whose homes survived the Eaton wildfire in January face a whole different set of struggles to ...

Home and building owners in some parts of northeast Bakersfield will have to take additional fire prevention measures next year following the release of updated wildfire severity maps. The California ...

The main use for the maps, Cal Fire Capt. Jim McDougald told The San ... “A lot of people that live in the high-severity zones already know they live in high-severity zones,” Lowry said.

That means roughly 1-in-10 Californians are subject to an array of building code, defensible space and real estate disclosure rules, all of which could have lasting effects on how people live ... Fire ...

Cal Fire’s hazard maps are referenced in over 50 sections ... depending on whether property owners live in state or local responsibility areas. Local governments, such as L.A. city or county ...

Cal Fire released updated fire hazard severity maps for the first time since 2011 ... but said there are many customers who choose to live in higher risk zones and feel safer living in homes ...

He and his wife live in the brushy foothills just ... the California Forestry and Fire Protection Department, or Cal Fire, released updated maps of estimated wildfire risk for Southern California.