More than 3.5 million additional acres across Southern California, including Los Angeles County, have been designated as fire hazard zones under updated maps released on Monday by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).

More than 800,000 acres of land across these SoCal counties have been classified under the highest fire hazard severity zone level.

For the first time in 14 years, California's fire hazard severity zones maps have been updated by the state fire marshal.

San Diego (AP) — A month after an official with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection was found slain at her home, the woman’s wife has been arrested in Mexico on suspicion of murder, authorities said.

Yolanda Marodi, also known as Yolanda Olejniczak, was arrested near a hotel in the Mexican state of Baja California, according to Mexican authorities.