New maps issued ... show several Bay Area cities with striking increases in areas deemed at high and very high likelihood of wildfire, raising the specter of residents losing homes to raging ...

With a few notable areas where the orange and red tide receded, like the hills above Berkeley and Oakland, territory deemed ...

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The area near the quake is heavily populated, suggesting that the death toll may rise significantly. Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, sits near the epicenter. And heavy damage to ...

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Friends of Residential Treasures Los Angeles (FORT: LA) curates a new self-guided trail, inviting Angelenos to explore the ...

In the tight Seattle-area housing market, buyers who can afford pricey new homes have some advantages, like fewer bids and more choices, including smaller attached or detached units. Home shoppers ...

The maps are part ... the vast majority of homes lost are not in the high fire zone. The take-home point is that fire-hardening principles need to be applied to an area vastly larger than the ...

The "Fire Hazard Severity Zones in Local Responsibility Area" maps are the result of an executive order by Gov. Gavin Newsom that aims to improve home hardening efforts. The updated hazard zones ...

Councils have been set targets for the numbers of new homes they should be helping to create in their areas every year, with some needing vast increases compared with their recent record. Enter a ...

The maps are part ... Altadena burn area still is not designated as a fire hazard zone. The 23,000-acre Palisades fire area already had a very-high fire hazard designation. Homes destroyed by ...