Smoke advisory issued due to wildfire burning in Castaic
An air conditioner or air purifier can help clear indoor air in areas closest to the Route Fire. Marci Gonzalez reports.
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An air conditioner or air purifier can help clear indoor air in areas closest to the Route Fire. Marci Gonzalez reports.
Air pollution regulators issued an advisory through at least Thursday morning, as winds are expected to bring smoke from massive wildfires burning in northern and central California.
The smoke advisory was issued by the South Coast Air Quality Management District for south central, south east, south coastal and southwest coast Los Angeles County. The advisory will remain in effect until Tuesday night.
Two smoke advisories and a special air quality advisory were extended into Friday due to elevated levels of smog and fine particulate matter, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
The advisory will be in effect throughout Friday afternoon, though it could be extended if the fires continue to burn throughout the weekend.
With four wildfires burning in Los Angeles and Riverside counties, a smoke advisory was issued Friday by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
The advisory includes coastal Los Angeles County; the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, San Gabriel and Pomona-Walnut valleys, and the San Gabriel Mountains.
A smoke advisory was issued Thursday for parts of Orange County due to a brush fire burning near Camp Pendleton.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a smoke warning for the San Gabriel Valley and Inland Empire, after a forest fire spewed smoke into the air above Duarte and Azusa.
A smoke advisory, power outages, red flag warnings and triple digit temperatures are all part of the picture, as Southern California bakes.
Helpful weather overnight assisted firefighters who battled a blaze near the Prado Dam overnight Saturday into Sunday.
Authorities have issued a smoke advisory for portions of Riverside and Orange counties as winds push smoke into the area from multiple fires burning in San Diego County.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District Friday issued a smoke advisory for all of Orange County and portions of Los Angeles and Riverside counties.
A smoke advisory was issued Thursday for portions of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties due to the 1,700-acre Colby Fire burning in the foothills of the Angeles National Forest.
Authorities issued a smoke advisory for parts of Riverside County most affected by the Silver Fire.
Los Angeles-area smog experts Sunday warned that air quality could reach an "unhealthy range" in areas impacted by smoke from the raging 19,500-acre Powerhouse Fire.
Thousands of University of California health and service workers have hit the picket line as of Wednesday morning.
Firefighters responded to the blaze at Junipero Serra High School around 5:35 a.m. No injuries were reported, and the fire was nearly extinguished by 6:10 a.m.
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A major storm swept across the northwestern U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least one person.
Police say that the woman allegedly stabbed the father in the hand and the leg when she allegedly tried to stab the child on Sunday afternoon.
Thousands of University of California health and service workers have hit the picket line as of Wednesday morning.
Some residents say that they've been without service to their landlines, which they use in case of emergency, for as long as seven months because of the copper theft that continues to plague the area.
Firefighters responded to the blaze at Junipero Serra High School around 5:35 a.m. No injuries were reported, and the fire was nearly extinguished by 6:10 a.m.
Firefighters responded to the blaze at Junipero Serra High School around 5:35 a.m. No injuries were reported, and the fire was nearly extinguished by 6:10 a.m.
Police say that the woman allegedly stabbed the father in the hand and the leg when she allegedly tried to stab the child on Sunday afternoon.
Some residents say that they've been without service to their landlines, which they use in case of emergency, for as long as seven months because of the copper theft that continues to plague the area.
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