The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations focused on fire safety. While the new regulations may eventually lower insurance premiums for some homeowners ...

More than 150 gatherings took place Saturday at National Park Service sites nationwide. They were organized by a group of off ...

It’s going to be visceral,” Coppola said, Communities surrounding parks, like Estes Park or Nederland near Rocky Mountain National Park, could see impacts to the local economy as well.

Mar. 1—Cal Fire has released a long-awaited set of updated maps outlining the fire hazard severity zones in Marin County and elsewhere in the Bay Area. Marin fire officials say the maps ...

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 ...