Los Angeles County is included in an air quality alert reported by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 12:02 p.m. The alert is in effect until Monday Dec. 15, at midnight.

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA adds to prepare for, “The South Coast AQMD has extended 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 into the lungs and cause health problems (including asthma attacks), increases in emergency room visits, and hospitalizations. No-Burn Days are needed to protect public health when fine particle pollution levels are expected to be high anywhere in the South Coast Air Basin. No-Burn Days are based on fine p

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