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New Cal Fire maps show heightened fire danger in the San Francisco Bay Area

The map reveals some areas entered the "very high risk" category. That means homeowners in those zones will now have to follow more fire-prepared guidelines set by Cal Fire, such as ensuring enough defensible space.

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Cal Fire unveils fire hazard severity maps for the Bay Area

For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity maps show dramatic increases in some areas of Sonoma and Napa counties and around San Jose. In Contra Costa County, the fire hazard severity level decreased for some but increased for others.

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California's New Fire Risk Maps Have Huge Impacts for Homeowners

State officials have released a third batch of maps showing fire hazards in California's Bay Area and the state's northern region.

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East Bay police have been shot at four different times in over 16-day span

In addition to four police shootings in Oakland and San Leandro, officers in Richmond and Concord have killed people in two ...

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Martinez refinery fire snuffed out; supervisor calls for incident audit and town hall meeting

Contra Costa Health officials have lifted a public health advisory linked to a weekend fire at the Martinez Refining Company facility after confirming the fire is out. County health officials ...

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Crime and Public Safety

In addition to four police shootings in Oakland and San Leandro, officers in Richmond and Concord have killed people in two ...

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Martinez refinery fire leaves health and psychological impacts days later

An East Bay community is still feeling the effects from a weekend fire at the Martinez Refining Company that emitted huge ...

Fire burns Antioch strip mall near Highway 4

Contra Costa County Fire Protection District crews have contained a commercial structure fire that occurred early Friday ...

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Contra Costa County lifts shelter in place order triggered by Martinez refinery fire

Contra Costa County officials have lifted a shelter-in-place order that was placed after a fire erupted Saturday at the Martinez Refining Co., injuring at least six people. A public health ...

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Contra Costa County Health: “We got lucky” with Martinez refinery fire

A fire at Martinez Refining Company on Feb. 1 released chemicals that can cause cancer and heart and lung disease, but strong winds pushed most of the hazardous smoke away from populated areas, ...

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Crashes and Disasters

In a statement, Contra Costa County Health Officer Dr. Ori Tzvieli on Tuesday revealed how fortunate the Martinez community was that afternoon, and how close the refinery fire was to becoming a ...

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Antioch mom arrested after 4 children found unsupervised at "uninhabitable" home

Police in Antioch on Friday confirmed the arrest of a woman who allegedly left her four young children unattended at a home ...

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