Los Angeles-based KB Home unveiled its Dixon Trail development in Escondido this week that it calls “wildfire resistant.” It ...

KB Home announced Wednesday it is developing a neighborhood of fire-resistant homes in Escondido by using mitigation ...

It comes with 10-foot buffers between homes, flame-resistant vents, noncombustible gutters and fake window shutters made of concrete. Dixon Trail is in a rural, fire-prone area, roughly five miles ...

A handful of homes in the development are now complete, with roughly 20 homes already sold. Three homeowners have moved in, ...

Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.

That's because California is one of the few states with building codes that require using fire-resistant materials in places prone to wildfires. Still, thousands of other homeowners in the urban ...

See where your home falls in California's new fire hazard zones, the first update to the state's maps in 14 years.

CalFire released its fourth and final round of color-coded fire hazard severity maps. Different colors come with different ...

The order directs city departments to streamline permitting for homeowners who rebuild all-electric and more fire-resistant ...