Air Quality

A mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning was issued for much of SoCal for Monday, Nov. 15, 2021.

A residential wood-burning ban has been extended through 11:59 p.m. Monday for the South Coast Air Basin.

The residential wood-burning ban now extends through 11:59 p.m. Sunday for Orange County and the non-desert portions of LA, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Companies should be paying closer attention to how indoor air quality can help prevent the spread of Covid-19 and improve employees’ cognitive function.

Starting Monday, you’ll want to check Southern California’s air quality before lighting up the wood-burning fireplace or fire pit.

Smoke from a wildfire in the coastal mountains near Santa Barbara is moving southeast toward Los Angeles, which will likely mean a drop in air quality this week.

Smoke from central California wildfires affected the air quality in areas of Los Angeles County. Robert Kovacik reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Sept. 23, 2021.

Video shows smoke from wildfires in Central and Northern California drift into Southern California Thursday Sept. 23, 2021.

Winds are expected to bring some of the smoke from massive wildfires in northern and central California into SoCal, including parts of LA County, Riverside County and San Bernardino County.

Parts of the Bay Area were under hazy skies Saturday due to smoke from the wildfires in Northern California and Oregon.
In the North Bay and East Bay, neighbors are really noticing.

The I-Team investigates if there is COVID in the air at offices or workplaces. Joel Grover reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on August 5, 2021.

When one of California’s biggest owners of office space–The Irvine Company–wanted to make sure the air in its buildings was free of viruses, it hired a Bay Area company that showed up with spray bottles and skilled technicians.

Wildfires in the American West, including one burning in Oregon that’s currently the largest in the U.S., are creating hazy skies as far away as New York as the massive infernos spew smoke and ash into the air in columns up to 6 miles high.

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The air quality in Southern California was the worst in the region since the Bobcat Fire in September 2020 after July 4 celebrations, officials said.

Fireworks can make it hard for some of us to breath. You can expect to see unhealthy levels of air pollution this Sunday and Monday. 

Fireworks lit of the sky and left behind a blanket of smoke, leaving Southern California with poor air quality.

Cool temperatures and moisture might help firefighters fight the Palisades Fire. Shanna Mendiola reports for the NBC4 News on Sunday May 16, 2021. 

A research project led by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health found that Los Angeles County neighborhoods with poor air quality had the highest coronavirus death rates, it was announced Wednesday.