On a new Bay Area wildfire-risk map that gauges the threat of wind-driven embers, Lars Guntvedt’s neighborhood in the hills above Los Gatos sits in the highest-danger zone. Like many of his of ...

Bay Area downtowns, where concrete dominates, are generally considered safe from wildfire, but many of their outskirts and suburbs are not. High-risk areas on the ember map are often identified in ...

On a new Bay Area wildfire-risk map that gauges the threat of wind-driven embers, Lars Guntvedt’s neighborhood in the hills above Los Gatos sits in the highest-danger zone.

Lea el artículo en español aquí. A new wildfire-risk map from NASA and a Bay Area fire-protection nonprofit organization shows where the threat of ember-driven wildfires is the highest in the ...