Orchard Hills is a planned community in Orange County that broke ground in 2014, with developers taking specific steps to ...

A Los Angeles community built to withstand fire offers a potentially transformative model for wildfire-resistant ...

Orchard Road has become a lot livelier as of late – foodie mall Taste Orchard, swanky hotels like The Standard, and a 3,000-capacity music venue by Live Nation are just some of the new ...

Photo by Ralph Schwartz Deer graze Saturday (Feb. 15) on the site of the future Orchard Hills subdivision in Twisp. A judge ruled a second access will be required on the subdivision, “if feasible.” ...

Years before the L.A. fires, Orchard Hills faced a fire of its own — and came out mostly unscathed due to a long collaboration between the developer and fire department.

An aerial view of Orchard Hills in Irvine, where homes were planned and built to be fire-resistant. The master-planned community, which straddles the wildland-urban interface, was in the path of ...

As L.A. looks to fortify itself against future fires, Orchard Hills could serve as the road map to get there. Of course, the comparison isn't exact. Irvine is a newer city with modern homes built ...

Irvine, CA — February 15: An aerial view of Orchard Hills in Irvine, where homes have been built to be fire-resistant. Photo taken Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Orchard Hills, a neighborhood in ...