One in 8 Californians now live in places at risk for the kinds of devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles this ...
Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built ...
The states are dry or under drought, and a burn ban is in place because of conditions that can cause wildfires to spread.
Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.
New hazard designations increase the number of homes that must comply with wildfire building codes during reconstruction.