Amid Los Angeles wildfires clean-up, residents furious over hazardous waste
Not far from where Ceci Carroll lives, a rock-mining company has polluted the air with dust across the San Gabriel Valley, ...
UPDATE: Air quality alert issued for Los Angeles area Monday
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 ...
How scientists rushed to make L.A.’s actual air quality available on your phone
Specialized air quality instruments captured a spike in lead, chlorine, and bromine pollution during the L.A. wildfires.
Air quality alert issued by the NWS for Los Angeles area Saturday
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 ...
Who gets to rebuild? Los Angeles fires expose the weakness of U.S. home insurance.
While there has been a growing crisis in insurance for years, the scale and scope of the Los Angeles wildfires brings the ...
Air quality after the fires: Understanding where and when the air is safe
Even though the Palisades and Eaton fires are now mostly contained, the Santa Ana winds have led to new fires flaring up ...
Risks from ash and air pollution remain for people returning after wildfires. Here’s how to stay safe
As people return to the structures spared from Los Angeles wildfires, experts warn that they should be careful of the air inside and be especially cautious when cleaning up. Smoke, ash and all the ...
The New York Times7d
After the L.A. Fires, a New Menace Lingers
“Everything we burn, we breathe,” I wrote a few years ago, in a long essay on the catastrophic health effects of air pollution ... the air above Los Angeles also contained the detritus ...
Why It’s So Confusing to Determine Air Quality in Los Angeles Right Now
Calculating air pollution from wildfires and other events has become more complicated. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily more accurate.