The Fire Department is hiring from now until March 5. Fire Chief Clemmer breaks down his ideal applicant; see if you qualify.

Each year, legislation aimed at better wildfire mitigation fails – often due to cost or conflict with environmental ...

Several locations in the Bay Area are considered very high fire hazard severity zones, according to new maps released this ...

Cal Fire's updated Fire Hazard Severity Zones map adds 1.4 million acres across the state to the High and Very High fire severity tiers.

A dozen East Bay cities in Contra Costa County have areas that fall into the "very high fire hazard severity" category, according to new maps released this week by the Office of the State Fire Marshal ...

According to a forecast by the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office, the valley and foothills could see about half an inch of rain through Thursday with the chance of thunderstorms being ...

Areas of Orinda, Richmond, Moraga, San Pablo, Lafayette, Antioch, Clayton, El Cerrito, Brentwood, Danville, Concord, and Pinole are considered very high fire hazard severity zones, according to new ...