After fires destroyed multiple neighborhoods across Los Angeles County, many residents looked up to find blue, smoke-free ...

Learn what the air quality index (AQI) means, how it impacts your health, and how to stay safe when pollution is high.

Angelenos still bothered by the smell of smoke may be surprised to see that Air Quality Index numbers returned to “healthy” or “moderate” levels this week in L.A. County, but they shouldn’t breathe a ...

The Air Quality Index does not take into account many gas or particle contaminants ... such as the PurpleAir network, which ...

The Air Quality Index, set by the Environmental Protection Agency, is your guide to how bad the air quality is outdoors. The data that goes into the Air Quality Index comes from 5,000 air monitors ...

Ash from the wildfires, which can irritate your skin or lungs, falls out of the air and settles onto the ground and therefore ...

This measure, based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency, evaluates states on the number of days the Air Quality Index in counties was not rated “good.” U.S. News calculated a ...

The LA wildfires have burned tens of thousands of acres – but on some weather maps, air quality still looks good. What’s ...

Those groups particularly sensitive to particulate matter in the air may want to limit time outside Friday and Saturday.

Those includes lead, arsenic, and asbestos, which the Air Quality Index does not typically measure for. That means even if the index is good in your area, dangerous particulate matter not visible ...