Myers and his wife were at ground zero when the fire arrived in Altadena. The evacuation warning sounded, and the University of Southern California ... Project. The map shows the population ...

RELATED: Southern California fire danger zones increase ... Fire area remains in a very-high fire zone. In Altadena, however, hazard maps released at least 14 years ago designated just three ...

Ryssdal spoke with the owner of Altadena Hardware, Jimmy Orlandini. Altadena Hardware is an independently owned and operated ...

“The old maps, as I recall, failed to identify Altadena as a high-hazard area,” Jack Cohen, a retired research physical scientist with the U.S. Forest Service who worked in Southern California ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

Altadena sits next to the dry shrubland of ... Fire won't be required to be built to resist future wildfires. California's maps calculate the hazard from fires spreading in wildland areas, but ...

The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety is urging L.A. County supervisors to expand the wildfire construction standards zone.