Oakland works exclusively off the Cal Fire maps to assess fire hazard. “It’s a drastic change,” Covinton said of the new maps. “There’s a lot of entities that get touched by the Cal Fire ...

Oakland firefighters quickly contained a fire on Clara Street, rescuing one person who was later hospitalized.

One person is dead and another is accounted for after a mobile home caught fire Saturday evening on the 1300 block of Oakland ...

The San Jose Fire Department said one person has died in a one-alarm fire at a mobile home Saturday night. The flames broke ...

The Oakland City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to allow three temporarily closed fire stations to re-open, the office of Councilmember Janani Ramachandran announced.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Four Oakland fire stations that were slated for closure will remain open if councilmembers approve an ordinance to redirect funds on Tuesday, a city councilman said. The city ...

While most of California is prone to wildfires, the South Bay is seeing a significant increase in hazardous areas compared to others. Out of all the Bay Area cities, San Jose saw the largest increase ...

For example, Oakland's very high hazard dropped from ... The hazardous areas, marked in an ominous bright red on Cal Fire's maps, saw the most growth in the Northern California counties of ...