Air quality alert issued for Los Angeles County until early Friday

Los Angeles County is under an air quality alert which was reported by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. The alert is in effect until Friday Jan. 23, at midnight.

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA says to expect, “The South Coast AQMD has issued a mandatory wood-burning ban for residents in the South Coast Air Basin. The No-Burn rule bans burning wood, pellets, and manufactured fire logs in any indoor or outdoor wood-burning device.”

“Particles in smoke can get deep...