The humble ZIP Code shows up in all kinds of surprising places. Planet Money looks at how it was born, how it transformed the mail and talks to one researcher who argues that it's gone too far.

As Southern California winds contribute to the spread of a major wildfire, map tools from NASA and Esri help first responders ...

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LOS ANGELES — The Pacific Palisades fire, near the coast, has burned about 26.9 square miles so far. Roughly 180,000 people are under evacuation orders, and the fires have consumed about 45 square ...

A wildfire sparked in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening, as Los Angeles grapples with a second day of high wind gusts and dry fire conditions.

A live-updating map of novel coronavirus cases by zip code, courtesy of ESRI/JHU. Click on an area or use the search tool to enter a zip code. Use the + and - buttons to zoom in and out on the map.

People looking to buy a home in Davidson County are looking to more affordable zip codes that have not been as popular.

Some Houston-area cities are making headlines. Opendoor Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: OPEN), an online real estate company that buys and sells residential real estate, released its 2024 ranking of ...

Read more Six of the nation’s 10 hottest zip codes in 2024 are in Texas, according to real estate site Opendoor.

The ZIP code is less like a cold, clinical, ordered list of numbers, and more like a weird overgrown number garden. It ...

Go to the Risk Factor website and input your ZIP code in the search bar. This graph shows the 10 counties in California with the most properties at risk for wildfires in 2022: You can take measures to ...

Two areas in Charlotte are now considered up-and-coming, according to reports from the Charlotte Business Journal.