The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) has issued an ozone advisory as a prolonged heat wave is expected to bring unhealthy air quality to the Santa Clarita Valley through Monday. The combination of high temperatures and stagnant weather conditions is expected to increase ozone, or smog, levels across much of Southern California during the multi-day heat ...

The South Coast AQMD has issued a mandatory wood-burning ban effective Saturday, Dec. 13 until 11:59 p.m. The No-Burn rule bans burning wood, pellets as well as manufactured fire logs in any indoor or outdoor wood-burning device, and bans burning charcoal except in cooking devices. The South Coast Air Basin, which includes large areas of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and ...