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New Cal Fire maps: Here’s what they can tell you about your risk — and what they can’t
With streaks of yellow, orange and red, Cal Fire’s new fire risk maps make plain the extent of fire danger in the Bay Area. The origin of the maps dates to one of the first major wildfires to burn ...
New Cal Fire maps show heightened fire danger in the San Francisco Bay Area
Officials at Cal Fire announced the second phase of new "fire hazard" maps on Monday. These maps show which areas of the last 15 years have changed from either no fire threat to severe fire threat.
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New Bay Area fire-hazard maps: Is your city among those seeing striking increases?
The Observatory narrowly escaped being consumed by wildfire as fire crews worked overnight to beat back flames in the foothills above east San Jose. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) New maps ...
12 Contra Costa cities have "very high fire hazard" severity areas, State Fire Marshal says
A dozen East Bay cities in Contra Costa County have areas that fall into the "very high fire hazard severity" category, ...
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Crashes and Disasters
The Observatory narrowly escaped being consumed by wildfire as fire crews worked overnight to beat back flames in the foothills above east San Jose. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) New maps ...
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Why were these Bay Area communities left off list of fire-risk areas where insurers must expand coverage?
Yet many Bay Area neighborhoods facing the most serious fire hazards, from the Oakland and Berkeley hills in the East Bay to the Gilroy area at the southern tip of Silicon Valley, aren "t included in ...
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Cal Fire releases new hazard maps for the Bay Area and wine country
The new maps include Oakland and Santa Rosa, scenes of deadly fires, along with Northern California’s wine country. New fire hazard maps for the entire state will be released by March 24 ...
New map from Cal Fire shows ‘fire zones’ across state
Fire officials are sounding the alarm over areas across the East Bay considered a high hazard for fire danger. According to new maps from the Cal Fire State Fire Marshal, ...
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CAL FIRE overhauls wildfire risk maps, giving some Bay Area homeowners stricter rules
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- CAL FIRE is overhauling its wildfire risk maps for cities across the Bay Area. The new fire lines will mean major changes for homeowners. It's the first time in more than a ...
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New Cal Fire maps show heightened fire danger in the San Francisco Bay Area
CAL FIRE RELEASED NEW MAPS SHOWING CHANGES FOR THE NORTH BAY ... Phase 2 involved maps revolving in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. "I see it as a call to action," said Brian O'Shea ...