Tens of thousands of people have evacuated their homes and at least two have died in raging fires sweeping across Los Angeles County Wednesday. Multiple wildfires spread by strong Santa Ana winds ...

Los Angeles has a handful of them, and their data is tracked and published on an hourly basis by the EPA. The agency runs calculations on the readings to determine the air quality index, or AQI ...

As fires burn across Los Angeles County, spurring thousands of ... What is the Air Quality Index, or AQI? The Air Quality Index, often referred to as AQI, is a federal measure of the amount ...

Sam Delgado was a Future Perfect fellow writing about labor and food systems, public health, and literacy. The Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles have destroyed over 10,000 structures ...

There is lots of chatter regarding AQI numbers in the wake of the Southern ... Tom Carroll is a content creator for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times in 2022, he created, produced ...

Residents in affected areas have been advised to stay indoors. A map shows the AQI around Los Angeles on January 9. Red areas indicate "unhealthy" air quality and orange is "unhealthy for ...

After fires destroyed multiple neighborhoods across Los Angeles County, many residents looked up to find blue, smoke-free skies this week. The Air Quality Index (AQI) — which measures the ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health ... they may not be reflected in the Air Quality Index (AQI) map. “However, they are typically visible to the naked eye either in the air ...

The AQI incorporates measurements of five different ... an air pollution expert at the University of California, Los Angeles. "They don't have the spatial density or indeed sometimes the temporal ...

AirNow suggests that the air quality index (AQI) around Los Angeles was moderate, at 64, at the time of publication. AQI uses a scale from 0 to 500, with readings below 50 considered "Good" and ...

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 ...