For a time, California's insurance system was maybe workable. Big, destructive fires used to be rarer, so the insurance ...

An economist's harrowing escape from fire and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.

As thousands of reeling homeowners weigh rebuilding, residents of the tight-knit street on a fire-prone foothill are forced ...

Santa Anas are those desiccating winds that occur commonly in winter, blowing out of Nevada and Utah and into southwestern ...

A forecast map from the National Weather Service (NWS ... This included San Francisco, Oakland, Hayward, Palo Alto, Berkeley, Petaluma, and Santa Rosa. The service noted that high tide at San ...

A Santa Clara County hazard mitigation report analyzes different disaster threats and how they could affect residents and infrastructure.

As multiple wildfires spread across Los Angeles, local have rushed to download the Watch Duty app to get the latest fire news and maps. Here’s how it works.

San Diego's Bonus ADU Program allows what some critics call backyard apartment buildings. Many of the largest projects are ...

Despite various efforts over the years, campus and the city of Berkeley are currently not sufficiently prepared to deal with ...

The Berkeley fire chief says the images we're seeing out ... He's also asking people to establish a "Zone 0" buffer around their homes. Sprague suggests removing anything flammable from the ...