On Sunday at 11:55 a.m. an updated air quality alert was issued in effect until Monday at noon. The alert is for San ...
An air quality alert was issued on Friday at 12:06 p.m. in effect until Saturday at 12:15 p.m. The alert is for San ...
Even if you don't live in an area where wildfires are typical, it's important to know how to protect your health.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer said residents should assess their homes for soot, ash and smoke contamination before settling back in.
Wildfires like those in Los Angeles that destroy urban structures release toxic chemicals, including lead, into the air.
Los Angeles residents will have to cope with the effects of smoke-related unhealthy air, the Los Angeles County Health ...
As hazardous chemicals pollute the air after devastating wildfires, officials call for increased monitoring to protect ...
Toxic chemicals from L.A.'s fires are going underreported and pose serious long-term risks, a group of lawmakers says. They ...
But the fact that many farmworkers labored through the smoke of the Los Angeles fires underscores the limitations of ...
Reps. Laura Friedman, D-Burbank, and Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, were joined by Reps. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, and George ...
South Coast AQMD—the air pollution control agency for all of Orange County and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties—covers an area of 10,743 square miles that is ...
"This is our Hurricane Katrina—an epochal disaster that's changing Los Angeles," said Dr. David Eisenman, whose research ...