Smith’s community of San Elijo Hills is now 99.9% in a very high fire risk area, according to the most recent Cal Fire map. Some insurance companies aren’t willing to work with that.

What he doesn’t see is a eucalyptus grove — as indicated by an outdated map Cal Fire ... patterns, fire history, how far and what direction embers would travel and the slope of hills or ...

This is large part because Cal Fire updated its model to include three fire hazard severity categories in the map instead of one ... also includes steep hills and narrow canyons, and fire travels ...

Agoura Hills ... high fire hazard severity— the highest level of risk. Overall, the new color-coded map of L.A. County shows a 30% increase in the red area, to a total of 817,210 acres. For this ...

But new parts of Orange County have also been added, including neighborhoods in Laguna Hills ... Cal Fire is ‘too bad, so sad we had to draw the line somewhere.’ You’re both on the map ...

Large hills that are lush ... According to Cal Fire, the city now has 6,195 acres at very high risk, 27 times the risk shown on the 2011 map. The large swath of Jurupa Valley in the very high ...

Large hills that are lush green — for now ... in wildfire danger than Jurupa Valley. According to Cal Fire, the city now has 6,195 acres at very high risk, 27 times the risk shown on the 2011 map. The ...

New fire hazard severity zone (FHSZ) maps have been released by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (known as CAL FIRE) that classifies ... once the CVFD adopts the updated map.

“We now have a situation in Whittier that is far more dangerous than it was previously in the prior maps,” he said, saying conditions in the city’s hillsides remain a threat for the entire Puente ...