Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in California as facing “high” or “very high” danger of wildfires.

Cal Fire will release a third batch of maps covering a large swath of central California on March 10, while a final batch covering Southern California will be issued on March 24.

(File photo courtesy of Cal Fire) Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in California as facing “high” or ...