To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame length and ember-dispersion distances, terrain and weather patterns are ...

Cal Fire added more than 360,000 acres in coastal Northern California to its fire hazard zones where heightened fire safety ...

A warm weekend after a big spring rain is the optimal time for a hike to one of the Bay Area’s waterfalls. The map above shows ... Redwood-filled ravine in Oakland. 7/ Berkeley’s Hidden ...

(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) New maps issued by state fire officials ... with another 803 acres of high danger and 928 moderate. Oakland, however, saw a large drop in the size of the area ...