What the Air Quality Index doesn’t tell us about the air As Los Angeles smolders, the AQI can’t capture the full picture of wildfire smoke.

Los Angeles Air Quality Index map Extreme fire behavior, including "short and long-range spotting," continues to challenge firefighting efforts, Cal Fire said in an incident update Wednesday.

Many factors impact air quality in the Los Angeles metropolitan area including particulate pollution from vehicles, factories, refineries, household combustibles and wood burning.

On Wednesday morning, air quality all around Los Angeles reached "hazardous," the worst possible rating for air quality. It means just about everyone could experience problems from breathing the air.

Los Angeles County is the focus of an air quality alert reported at 1:58 p.m. on Wednesday by the National Weather Service.

As the wildfires raged and smoke billowed across Los Angeles, officials issued air quality alerts, schools canceled classes and scientists warned about the dangerous - even fatal - consequences of ...

Air quality in Los Angeles was at "moderate" levels on Thursday morning, as judged by the EPA's Air Quality Index rating system. Moderate air quality is between 51 and 100, or in the yellow band ...

Los Angeles is now a week removed from the day that multiple devastating wildfires erupted to torch tens of thousands of acres. But still, the question remains if people should wear masks to limit ...

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.

Los Angeles Air Quality Index map Extreme fire behavior, including "short and long-range spotting," continues to challenge firefighting efforts, Cal Fire said in an incident update Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Business was brisk at Teddy's Cocina in Pasadena as wildfire evacuees ate lunch and passersby ducked indoors to escape from the brown, smoky air blanketing the city.

Los Angeles Air Quality Index map Extreme fire behavior, including "short and long-range spotting," continues to challenge firefighting efforts, Cal Fire said in an incident update Wednesday.