Some of California's most destructive wildfires have changed the way homeowners think about their own space. Marin County residents Anita Brock and her husband Steve Kaplan are among them. They live ...

San Diego County’s diverse terrain means some areas are more vulnerable to the risk of wildfire. Jamul is one such area that has been the setting of significant fires, including the 2003 Cedar Fire ...

It found that home hardening and defensible space together can double the number of homes and other structures that survive a blaze. Notably, they also demonstrated that just removing the vegetation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A worker with Anvil Builders takes a break from removing debris from a home destroyed in the Eaton fire along McNally Avenue in ...

As if pouring water from a watering can, a firefighter held up a drip torch over a freshly planted rose bush and released a few drops — not of water but of flaming fuel, igniting the bush and the ...

OROVILLE — New regulations on defensible space around homes are inbound from the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection that will tighten rules for homeowners in areas designated as having ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Saroyan Stairs in L.A.'s Beachwood Canyon are in an area where the proposed "zone zero" rules would require all plant ...

San Diego is preparing to enforce new wildfire safety regulations for defensible space around homes. KPBS metro reporter Andrew Bowen says they'll apply in most of the city. San Diego is preparing to ...

Late last month, California fire officials made a courtesy call to Los Angeles. The state’s proposed Zone Zero regulations that would force homeowners to create an ember-resistant zone around their ...

As if pouring water from a watering can, a firefighter held up a drip torch over a freshly planted rose bush and released a few drops — not of water but of flaming fuel, igniting the bush and the ...