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3 weeks ago | 
abc7news.com | Jill Castellano |Lindsey Feingold |Sophie Flay
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden State. Following the Los Angeles wildfires in January, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order expediting an overhaul of Cal Fire's outdated wildfire hazard maps.
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4 weeks ago | 
abc30.com | Jill Castellano |Lindsey Feingold |Sophie Flay
LOS ANGELES -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden State. Following the Los Angeles wildfires in January, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order expediting an overhaul of Cal Fire's outdated wildfire hazard maps.
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1 month ago | 
abc7.com | Jill Castellano |Lindsey Feingold |Sophie Flay
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of Southern California on new state maps published Monday - the first release of its kind in 14 years - as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the southland. Following the Los Angeles wildfires in January, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order expediting an overhaul of Cal Fire's outdated wildfire hazard maps.
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1 month ago | 
abc7news.com | Maggie Green |Julian Glover |Lindsey Feingold
ByMaggie Green, Julian Glover, and Lindsey FeingoldThursday, March 20, 2025 11:19PMSAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- For decades, thousands of Native American ancestral remains have been stored away in museums and academic institutions across California, despite a federal law requiring their return to descendants. ABC News teamed up with the ABC News Owned Television stations and our team of data journalists to look into why this process has taken so long.
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1 month ago | 
abc7news.com | Lindsey Feingold |Dion Lim
ByLindsey Feingold and Dion LimWednesday, March 19, 2025 1:17AMSFMTA issued more than 234,000 tickets from January through mid-March. Out of that total, there's a few parking areas that stood out as hot spots to avoid. When looking at the 50 most ticketed spots this year so far, parking officers issued the most parking tickets along the Embarcadero and in several areas of Mission Bay.
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2 months ago | 
abc7.com | Jill Castellano |Lindsey Feingold |Kevin Ozebek
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- State Farm's request for an emergency home insurance rate hike on Tuesday was one of many troubling signs for California's home insurance market. Now, 7 on Your Side Investigates has data showing how traditional residential and fire policies are becoming out of reach for many Californians. Experts warn that this trend is hurting homeowners and renters alike, and it's only going to get worse.
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2 months ago | 
abc7news.com | Stephanie Sierra |Lindsey Feingold
RIO NIDO, Calif. (KGO) -- 7 On Your Side is investigating new concerns about California's insurance crisis, which is pushing homeowners to the state's "insurer of last resort." Our team analyzed thousands of records from the California Department of Insurance to show which Bay Area neighborhoods saw the highest percentage of policyholders non-renewed or forced to the FAIR plan in 2023.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
abcnews.go.com | Jared Kofsky |Lindsey Feingold |Tonya Simpson |Cindy Galli
In 2022 alone, 11% of local fire insurance policies weren't renewed. ByJared Kofsky, Tonya Simpson, and Cindy GalliJanuary 9, 2025, 11:13 AMWhen fast-moving fires plagued neighboring communities in Los Angeles County years ago, a school in Pacific Palisades served as an evacuation center. After this week's disastrous fires on the Westside, that will no longer be an option.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
abc7.com | Lindsey Feingold
SAN FRANCISCO -- A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Northern California on Thursday, causing a tsunami warning and several aftershocks. The tsunami warning -- which impacted at least 5.3 million people before it was canceled around 12 p.m. Pacific time -- was issued for coastal areas in California and Oregon, including several parts of the Bay Area. The earthquake's epicenter is off the coast near Petrolia, in Humboldt County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
abc7news.com | Dustin Dorsey |Lindsey Feingold
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- California is a solid blue state when it comes to national politics, where the presidential race is often called quickly in favor of the Democrats' candidate. But this year, data shows the Republicans are gaining ground with Donald Trump, including in the Bay Area. While ballots are still being counted and the data is expected to change, currently every county in the Bay Area saw a higher percentage of votes for Trump compared to the 2020 election.
