A recent swarm of small shallow earthquakes in Mexico City in 2019 and 2023 caused surprisingly strong ground shaking, ...

The city of Charlotte is breaking ground on a new fire station Tuesday. The future site for Firehouse 11 will be on West 28th ...

I have always loved maps. My favorite books as a child featured maps. My first forays into backpacking introduced me to ...

Cal Fire’s Fire Hazard Severity maps for local jurisdictions, issued in 2011, are being updated, with Bay Area maps released Monday. While the old maps showed only areas deemed “very high ...

FIRE MARSHAL CHRIS BACHMAN WITH CONTRA COSTA FIRE SAYS NEW MAPS GIVE THEM A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE A FIRE WILL DO THE MOST DAMAGE. HAZARD MAPS ARE REALLY LOOKING OVER A 30 TO 50 YEAR PERIOD.

Firefighter Chris Oliver walks between grapevines as a helicopter drops water over a wildfire burning near a winery in Santa Rosa in 2017. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press) ...

To view the latest local fire hazard maps, go here. Go here for more about the state’s fire hazard mapping. State officials released the latest round of highly anticipated fire hazard maps ...

SO 6000 HOMES AND THIS IS WHAT’S BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE. THE HIGH RISK RED AREA ON THE MAP IS TRACY HILLS. A NEW DEVELOPMENT ANNEXED SOUTH OF THE CITY OF TRACY.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently published a first-of-its-kind study and map of prospective naturally-occurring subterranean hydrogen deposits across the U.S. While researchers have long ...

On Feb. 12, Deschutes County Commissioners had a focused discussion on concerns regarding the state’s recently finalized wildfire hazard map and how residents feel impacted by its designations.

State Legislators are deciding what to do about a wildfire hazard map meant to inform property owners about their wildfire risks, but that has instead led to frustration and mistrust among some rural ...