The smog arrived on July 8, 1943. Some thought it was chemical warfare by a foreign country. Former Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron said he would get rid of the "vexing fumes" within four months, ...

Smog. Here in Los Angeles, we all know it exists. In fact we live with it. And most of us know its primary source is cars and trucks. But the story of how it got here and what was causing it is as ...

July 20 -- After years of being held at bay, smog is making a comeback in Los Angeles. And for the first time in five years, authorities have issued a first stage smog alert warning people in some ...

Cars tend to be the usual suspects when it comes to the ubiquitous smog in Los Angeles. But another sneaky contributor is quietly doing its damage, too: leaf blowers. Now the regional pollution ...

Government officials whose job it is to clean the nation’s worst smog from Southern California’s air should be embarrassed. Instead of working together to cut lung-damaging ozone pollution, they are ...

Smog hangs in the air as the sun sets on downtown Los Angeles in October 2023. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to reject California's plan to ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. After a contentious, five-hour hearing, Southern California air quality regulators rejected measures that would have ...

To the editor: I lived in Glendora as a child from 1965-69. During that time, smog was thick and dangerous. I remember many summer days, playing competitive recreational tennis, when it hurt to ...

Paying homage to a diverse and perpetually evolving Los Angeles, The Broad has unveiled an exhibition made entirely of works by LA-based artists titled “Desire, Knowledge, and Hope (with Smog).” The ...