Contributing: Eduardo Cuevas, John Bacon, Michelle Maltais, USA TODAY This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Los Angeles air quality and smoke maps: See latest AQI numbers in Southern ...

the air quality index (AQI) in the Los Angeles area is listed as "Unhealthy" measuring at 188 PM2.5. The site's recommendation for this AQI level is to minimize outdoor activity, especially if you ...

and forecast models to provide real-time air quality index (AQI) readings for more than 1,000 locations. Los Angeles’ air quality is closely tied to weather patterns. Clear, breezy days help ...

(This is reflected in the Air Quality Index, or AQI.) SCAQMD says much of the Los Angeles basin’s air is unhealthy for sensitive people. And the closer you get to the fires, the worse it gets.

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck Sunday roughly 7 miles southwest of Westlake Village in Los Angeles County, California, the United States Geological Survey said.

Residents can track localized pollution, including particles from the wildfires that tore across Los Angeles in January, ...

(This is reflected in the Air Quality Index, or AQI.) SCAQMD says much of the Los Angeles basin’s air is unhealthy for sensitive people. And the closer you get to the fires, the worse it gets.

The air quality index for most of the Los Angeles metropolitan area Wednesday morning was well over 300, which is considered hazardous to the general public, according to AirNow.gov.

Thousands of farmworkers labored in fields in Ventura County, Calif. in late January in wildfire smoke. They have little to no protection from its harmful effects.