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Mandatory Wood-Burning Ban In Effect For Portions Of LA County, Including Santa Clarita

A mandatory wood-burning ban, issued by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD), is in effect for all residing in the South Coast Air Basin, including the Santa Clarita Valley. The wood-burning ban is scheduled to last from Monday, Dec. 26 through Tuesday, Dec. 27. The ban is in effect for all indoor and outdoor wood-burning due ...

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Indoor, Outdoor Residential Wood Burning Prohibited Due To High Air Pollution, Including In Santa Clarita 

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) has once again announced a residential no burn day alert Friday, for all those living in the South Coast Air Basin, which includes Santa Clarita. South Coast AQMD reminds residents in these areas that burning wood in their fireplaces or any indoor or outdoor wood-burning device is prohibited through Friday ...

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Indoor, Outdoor Residential Wood Burning Prohibited Due To SoCal Air Pollution

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) has extended a residential no-burn day alert Tuesday, for all those living in the South Coast Air Basin, which includes Santa Clarita. South Coast AQMD reminds residents in these areas that burning wood in their fireplaces or any indoor or outdoor wood-burning device is prohibited through Wednesday during the mandatory ...

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Hazardous Air Quality Reported Across Santa Clarita, South Coast Air Basin

Monday’s high winds, reaching up to 60 miles an hour at times, prompted the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) to alert the public of a Hazardous Air Quality Index due to widespread dust.  The AQMD has issued a WindBlown Dust Advisory, valid through Tuesday, due to the high winds throughout the entire south coast AQMD jurisdiction, which includes ...

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Smoke From Wildfires In Grapevine, Sequoia National Forest Affect Santa Clarita Air Quality

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The Santa Clarita Valley air quality has been deemed “moderate” due to overnight gusty winds bringing heavy smoke from northern wildfires. A heavy smoke layer from the Windy Fire in the Sequoia National Forest combined with the smouldering Emigrant Fire in the Grapevine has led to a visible decline in air quality for the Santa Clarita Valley. Widespread haze and ...

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Unhealthy Air Quality Advisory Announced For Santa Clarita By South Coast AQMD

Santa Clarita Smoke

On Tuesday, Aug. 24, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) announced an air quality advisory warning due to wildfire smoke for those in areas like Santa Clarita, the Inland Empire and Coachella Valley. An air quality advisory warning was issued by South Coast AQMD this week due to wildfire smoke, affecting areas like the Santa Clarita Valley. “Wildfires ...

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Smoke Covers Santa Clarita Valley As Fires Continue To Burn

Santa Clarita Smoke

Smoke has spread across Santa Clarita Tuesday as multiple fires continue to burn in the areas surrounding the valley, with residents from Castaic to Canyon Country being able to see and smell it. On Tuesday morning, residents across the Santa Clarita Valley woke up to gray skies and smoke-filled air, with some even reporting ash covering their cars. These conditions ...

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Unhealthy Air Quality In Santa Clarita Valley Continues Due To Lake Fire

Unhealthy air quality in Santa Clarita has been declared once again due to smoke from recent fires in the area, including the Lake Fire. A statement from Los Angeles County informed residents Monday that the South Coast Air Quality Management District has announced poor air quality in the Santa Clarita Valley because of air pollution caused by smoke from the ...

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Unhealthy Air Quality Declared In Santa Clarita Due To Lake Fire

Unhealthy air quality has been declared in Santa Clarita due to the Lake Fire, officials said.  On Friday, the South Coast Air Quality Management District declared unhealthy air quality in Santa Clarita and several other areas, due to several fires burning in Southern California, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.  “It is difficult to tell where ...

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Santa Clarita Air Quality ‘Very Unhealthy’ Due to Elsmere Fire Smoke

Smoke from the Elsmere Fire in Newhall spread throughout Santa Clarita, causing air quality for the valley to become “very unhealthy.” Officials with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) reported that air quality within the Santa Clarita Valley was “very unhealthy,” the second most hazardous designation the agency can assign to an area. As of 6:30 p.m., the ...

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