New maps issued by state fire officials show several Bay Area cities with striking increases ... not risk — like flood-zone maps that show the probability an area will be submerged, rather ...

More than 800,000 acres of land across these SoCal counties have been classified under the highest fire hazard severity zone level.

and until Sunday evening for the North Bay. Late Thursday afternoon, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office issued an evacuation warning due to flood risk. The warning was issued in Zones D057-C and ...