Escondido is updating its building codes to reflect a new fire hazard severity zone map released by the California State Fire ...

The Plus version requires several home upgrades: dual-pane tempered windows; noncombustible exterior siding, doors, and ...

L.A.-based KB Home, one of the largest homebuilders in the U.S., has unveiled the nation’s first new-home community that ...

A new housing development in Escondido is setting the standard for wildfire resilience with features designed to protect ...

López-Pérez said his Polyhaus and the Dixon Trail neighborhood show the need for developing updated building standards, especially in extreme weather areas, like the wildfire-prone area of Escondido.

The Dixon Trail community in Escondido is located near Daley Ranch and Dixon Lake parks. Photo by Samantha Nelson The Dixon Trail community features 64 detached, single-family homes that have ...

An aerial view of homes in the Dixon Trail neighborhood of Escondido on April 24, 2025. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters All of that adds to the price tag. The cheapest retrofit so far has come ...

The homes in the half-built subdivision look a lot like all the others nestled up against the parched, shrubby hills of Escondido ... KB Home is marketing Dixon Trail as the first purpose-built ...

In the fire-prone hills of northern San Diego County, KB Home has completed a grand opening for its Dixon Trail development, a project in Escondido that the home-building giant is marketing as the ...

The homes in the half-built subdivision look a lot like all the others nestled up against the parched, shrubby hills of Escondido, north San Diego ... National mega-developer KB Home is marketing ...

An aerial view of homes in the Dixon Trail neighborhood of Escondido on April 24, 2025. All of that adds to the price tag. The cheapest retrofit so far has come in at roughly $36,000, said J.

But look a little closer at these Escondido homes. The gutters and vents are enclosed ... National mega-developer KB Home is marketing Dixon Trail as the first purpose-built “wildfire resilient ...