Media Reports

Nevada Appeal - October 1, 2007 "Training offered on building regulations"

Record-Searchlight - September 30, 2007 "Wildfire is inevitable; home loss can be prevented"

Orange County Register - September 11, 2007 "Building codes up for changes"

Tahoe Tribune - August 8, 2007 "City updates its building codes"

Nevada Appeal - August 7, 2007 "New fire area building codes unveiled"

San Bernardino County Sun - July 29, 2007 "Mountains on fire alert"

Los Angeles Times - July 29, 2007 "For the Record" Correction to incorrect map graphic.

Los Angeles Times - July 26, 2007 "California reclassifies many fire hazard zones" (This story is accompanied by a fire hazard severity zone map of Southern California in which the fire hazard classes are inverted.)

KPBS Radio San Diego - July 26, 2007 "California Remaps Fire Hazard Zones"

Nevada Appeal - July 25, 2007 "Calfire updates fire-hazard map"

Idyllwild Town Crier - July 19, 2007 "Fire risks will influence building codes"

Half Moon Bay Review - July 18, 2007 "Updated fire map paints coast red"

KGET (NBC) Channel 17 Bakersfield - July 18, 2007 "Fire hazard zoning map meeting held"

FOX Channel 58, CBS Channel 29 Bakersfield - July 18, 2007 "Cal-Fire updates state fire hazard map"

Salinas Californian - July 18, 2007 "New regulations aim to protect homes from fire"

Salinas Californian - July 15, 2007 "Hearing set on scope of fire zones"

Marysville Appeal-Democrat - July 14, 2007 "Fire-safety upgrades sought"

Monterey County Herald - July 14, 2007 "Public hearing on fire hazard maps"

Grass Valley Union - July 13, 2007 "Fire map plan raises insurance worries"

San Luis Obispo Tribune - July 13, 2007 "Fire maps bring worries about higher insurance costs"

KSBY (NBC) 6 San Luis Obispo - July 12, 2007 "Central Coast Homeowners: help decrease fire hazards around your home"

KVEC AM 920 San Luis Obispo - July 12, 2007

Red Bluff Daily News - July 12, 2007 "CalFire Map identifies fire risk zones"

Ukiah Daily Journal - July 11, 2007 "CalFire hosts public hearing on proposed fire hazard map"

KESQ Channel 3 (ABC) Riverside County - July 11, 2007 "Re-Drawn County Map Puts Idyllwild, Beaumont in Severe Fire Zone"

Oakland Tribune - July 11, 2007 "State to Revise Fire Hazard Map" Listed under "most viewed" on InsideBayArea.com

Lassen County News - July 11, 2007 "Fire Severity zones public hearing today"

Fresno Bee - July 11, 2007 "Local Events: Madera County Public Hearing"

Redding Record Searchlight - July 11, 2007 "CAL FIRE hosts hearings on fire hazard maps"

Grass Valley Union - July 11, 2007 "CAL FIRE to host public hearings"

Sierra Sun - July 11, 2007 "Web site assesses wildfire risk to homes"

Nevada Appeal - July 10, 2007 "Placer County to review fire ordinances"

Riverside Press-Enterprise - July 10, 2007 "Proposed Maps Pinpoint Fire Danger"

Tahoe Daily Tribune - July 11, 2007 "Placer to review fire ordinances"

The Salinas Californian - July 10, 2007 "Fire Zone Map to be Introduced in Hollister"

San Mateo County Times - July 10, 2007 "State to revise fire hazard maps: Changes could mean tougher construction standards for county"

Riverside Press-Enterprise - July 9, 2007 "Fire hazard maps to be unveiled in Riverside County"

San Luis Obispo Tribune - July 9, 2007 "State to revamp fire hazard maps which may affect new home building and additions"

Red Bluff Daily News - July 7, 2007 "Hearing set on fire hazard zone map"

Paso Robles Press - July 5, 2007 "CAL FIRE creating new wildland fire maps"

KESQ Channel 3 (ABC) Riverside County - July 5, 2007 "Firefighters to Redraw Wildfire Hazard Zones"

San Luis Obispo New Times - July 4, 2007 "California feels the burn: The state—including the Central Coast—is a tinderbox waiting for a match"

The Desert Sun - July 4, 2007 "County's fire task force issues report in wake of deadly blaze. ... How wildfire hazardous does CAL FIRE consider your community?"

San Jose Mercury News - July 3, 2007 "Conditions heat up, but if you build it right, fire won't come"

Chico Enterprise-Record - July 3, 2007 "CAL FIRE Hosts Public Hearing on Proposed Plumas County Fire Hazard Map"

Oroville Mercury-Register - June 29, 2007 "CAL FIRE proposes new fire hazard zoning map"

Chico Enterprise-Record - Jun 29, 2007 "CAL FIRE proposes new fire hazard zoning map"

Oroville Mercury Register - June 25, 2007 "State fire marshal visits Oroville, speaks on fire hazard zoning"

Redding Record-Searchlight - Jun 24, 2007 "CAL FIRE updates maps on fire hazard areas"

Stockton Record - June 18, 2007 "State sets standards to keep homes safe from wildfires"

Amador Ledger-Dispatch - Jun 22, 2007 "After 20 years, CAL FIRE updates hazard maps"

Calaveras Enterprise - Jun 20, 2007 "CAL FIRE plans map hearings"

PineTree.net - June 13, 2007 "CAL FIRE Hosts Public Hearings on Proposed... Fire Hazard Maps"

Ventura County Star - Jun 14, 2007 "State's fire hazard zone map will be updated"

MyMotherLode.com - Jun 14, 2007 "New CAL Fire Maps List Calaveras And Tuolumne Counties"

YubaNet - Jun 12, 2007 - "CAL FIRE to Roll Out Proposed Fire Hazard Maps Statewide"

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