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A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by the state show more than 1 million acres are at a higher risk of wildfires.

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

13 (UPI) --Thousands of people were told to evacuate areas of Los Angeles Thursday as California's most powerful ... Sunset and Hurst fire zones as well as burn zones parts of the Sierra Madre ...

"But your average person in Southern California is not in a flood zone, so they don't typically buy it." However, most homeowners living in recent fire zones would still be covered by the portion ...

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Terrain in the area was severely impacted by the downpours, which triggered a chain reaction of mudslides and debris flows across the Palisades Fire zone and rendered Pacific Coast Highway ...

Evacuation orders and warnings went into effect Thursday morning for the Los Angeles area burn zones as the strongest winter storm of the season drenches Southern California. Residents in the ...

Hurst and Sunset fire burn zones Thursday. Officials raced to prepare for possible debris flows in areas burned during the January fires as a strong storm moved into Southern California on ...