Prescribed burning prevents wildfires and boosts ecosystem health. But, climate change is shifting and shortening the burn window that meteorologists look at to prevent smokey burn days.
South Coast AQMD has extended a residential No-Burn Day alert from Tuesday, Dec. 26 through Friday, Dec. 28, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. for all those living in the South Coast Air Basin, which includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties such as the Santa Clarita Valley.
Many Southern Californians who want to enjoy a warm fire on Christmas Day are out of luck. The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has issued a residential No-Burn Day for December 25 due to a predicted spike in air pollution levels. The wood burning ban includes all of Orange County and non-desert areas […]