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Leading into the much-anticipated release of the state’s mapping of high fire severity zones, Menlo Park and Atherton fire, ...
While the new regulations may eventually lower insurance premiums for some homeowners, the maps themselves are not expected to directly impact insurance decisions. Cal Fire’s updated maps will ...
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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 ...
Crews are responding to a vegetation fire near the Santa Margarita River Trail and and County Park Trail, Cal Fire confirmed.