The Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) and County of Santa Barbara Health Department has issued an Air Quality Watch for Santa ...

Whether the welcome rains made a difference or not, the fire was 6% contained and had burned 10,623 acres as of Thursday.

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Pollen levels were so extreme in parts of Europe during spring that even people not known to suffer allergies felt the ...

EDT the National Weather Service reported an air quality alert in effect until Saturday at 12:15 a.m. EDT for St. Clair, ...

Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have elevated the state from Preparedness Level 3 to Preparedness Level 4 out of 5 as ...

The blaze is burning in a desolate area of San Luis Obispo County, but its smoke has spread to two nearby counties.

Santa Barbara County has issued an air quality warning due to smoke from the Madre Fire along Highway 166 on July 2, 2025.

Cleanup crews contracted by the Army Corp of Engineers dumped asbestos-tainted wildfire debris in landfills that they shouldn ...

Ingleside residents are resisting a “charm offensive” as Europe’s largest gas user plans a new facility in their small ...

Precisely how exposure to particulate pollution from wildfire smoke increases risk for heart failure is not fully understood ...

Firefighters and equipment from two counties were battling a vegetation fire threatening at least one structure and ...