Wildfires in California trigger air quality advisories. Here's what to do

Smoke emanating from several California wildfires that started over the weekend is worsening air quality on both ends of the state and has prompted an advisory for Los Angeles County and Bay Area ... Read More

California wildfires: How smoke, poor air quality can impact health of people hundreds of miles from Los Angeles

Here's what experts expect from the current situation in California — and how it might impact the health ... air quality in the areas outside of Los Angeles largely seems unaffected by the fires ... Read More

Public health risks of urban wildfire smoke prompt push for more monitoring

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. When the catastrophic ... public through the local Air Quality Index. But the monitoring system misses hundreds of harmful chemicals released in ... Read More

Public Health lifts fire-related beach warnings

Three months after wildfires devastated portions of the Los Angeles County coast ... levels that are dangerous to human health,” the department said in a news release. The department tested ... Read More

Los Angeles officials launch online post-wildfire health dashboard

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has launched an interactive online dashboard that provides the public with access to environmental and personal health monitoring in the wake of ... Read More

Los Angeles-area residents crowdsource wildfire contamination data in battle with insurers

All sense of survivors' guilt was fleeting for those residents whose homes remained standing after wildfires ... The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is tracking environmental ... Read More

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A Delta Air ... Los Angeles area wildfires that have devastated communities like Pacific Palisades and Altadena have prompted a spike in prices for rental housing, spurring price gouging concerns. Read More

5.2-magnitude SoCal earthquake triggers ShakeAlert warnings to countless cell phones

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rumbled through Southern California Monday morning, causing minor damage in areas outside San Diego and triggering ShakeAlert warnings to countless ... Read More