A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by ...

Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...

San Mateo County was placed under a flood warning by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 4:36 a.m. The warning is in ...

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules.

One DPW truck was already packed with branches and leaves as workers cleared hazards throughout the ... the Santa Cruz Mountains and western San Mateo County to be impacted the most.

As San Mateo County braces for an atmospheric river set to hit the Bay Area, local officials are urging residents to prepare for potential flooding and hazardous conditions. The county and city ...

CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ... in “very high” fire hazard severity zones to follow defensible space and home hardening measures. After San Diego County’s Cedar fire in 2003, California ...

Heavy rain from the latest atmospheric river triggered flood warnings in several Bay Area counties and evacuations in Santa Cruz County Thursday.