"This is our Hurricane Katrina—an epochal disaster that's changing Los Angeles," said Dr. David Eisenman, whose research ...

L.A. County Department of Public Health convened experts for a webinar that aimed to answer questions that residents have ...

Optimism…is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.” – Voltaire, Candide You, Governor Polis, ...

Along with this more than fivefold increase in billion-dollar disasters came rising insurance costs - exacerbated by weather ...

Senator Laura Richardson has introduced her first piece of legislation since being elected to the state senate Nov. 5, 2024.

Toxic chemicals from L.A.'s fires are going underreported and pose serious long-term risks, a group of lawmakers says. They ...

Once the E.P.A. finishes inspecting a home site and removing toxic waste, crews contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of ...

South Coast AQMD—the air pollution control agency for all of Orange County and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties—covers an area of 10,743 square miles that is ...

Los Angeles residents will have to cope with the effects of smoke-related unhealthy air, the Los Angeles County Health ...

Impacts of the LA fires on the the Latino community – the country's largest by percentage – are acute and will be long ...

On Sunday at 11:55 a.m. an updated air quality alert was issued in effect until Monday at noon. The alert is for San ...