Waymo expands to four more Bay Area cities
Waymo, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, is expanding its service area with a new swath of coverage not connected to ...
New Bay Area fire-hazard maps: Is your city among those seeing striking increases?
To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame length and ember-dispersion distances, terrain and weather patterns are ...
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Several Bay Area cities listed on state’s new fire hazard map
Several locations in the Bay Area are considered very high fire hazard severity zones, according to new maps released this ...
Cal Fire releases new hazard maps for the Bay Area and wine country
Cal Fire added more than 360,000 acres in coastal Northern California to its fire hazard zones where heightened fire safety ...
Cal Fire unveils fire hazard severity maps for the Bay Area
For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard ...
Atmospheric river set to bring thunderstorms, snow, flooding to Bay Area
A weak atmospheric river is brewing over California and is set to deliver two rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall, a chance ...
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(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) New maps issued by state fire officials ... According to the California Association of Counties, it is unlikely that home insurance providers would use the maps ...
Bay Area home building in wildland-urban interface areas increases residential wildfire risk
A data analysis by the CBS News Data Team shows a growing number of Bay Area homes are facing increased wildfire risk.
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, ...