Specialized air quality instruments captured a spike in lead, chlorine, and bromine pollution during the L.A. wildfires. As ...

Calculating air pollution from wildfires and other events has become more complicated. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily ...

Even with thick smoke coming from the Hughes Fire, skies have been clear in many areas, and the air quality forecast has been ...

Toxic smoke and dangerous particulate pollution are spreading far beyond the flames, leaving air quality at unhealthy levels ...

Air quality in wildfire-stricken Los Angeles improved on Thursday from hazardous peaks hit earlier this month, as tiny soot ...

At least 29 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage ...

Unlike typical wildfires, smoke from the L.A. fires — consisting of toxic materials from burned down homes, cars, and more — ...

On Wednesday at 3:18 p.m. an updated air quality alert was issued valid until Thursday at 6 p.m. The alert is for Ventura ...

Wear a tight-fitting N95 mask at the bare minimum, but a P100 is better, experts say. Wear long sleeves, eye protection, closed-toed shoes and cut-resistant gloves. Clean or decontaminate anything ...

Athena Cheris, asst. life+arts editor, explains why the AQI index may not tell the whole story of air quality in Los Angeles.

Air quality in Los Angeles has improved as the Palisades and Eaton wildfires get under control. But as the fires burned ...