L.A. region begins the year with the smoggiest first 5 months in a decade
The first five months of 2026 in Southern California have been the smoggiest — with the highest number…
How Los Angeles Cleaned Up the World’s Air Pollution
But according to data from Heatmap and MIT’s Electricity Price Hub, Tampa Electric customers used 14% less electricity…
Smog, Lies and Pineapples: How LA Cleaned up Its Air and What’s Left to Do
As a child growing up in Southern California, Ann Carlson remembers mountains obscured by haze and yellowish brown…
Is San Diego “America’s SMOGGIEST City?” | Newsradio 600 KOGO
San Diego is home to one of the smoggiest regions in the United States. The American Lung Association…
New Book Explores Air Pollution Fight
Environmental law expert Ann Carlson recalls how Los Angeles challenged polluters and cleaned up its act in “Smog and…
Letters to the Editor: Some not-so-fond memories of Los Angeles’ smoggy past
To the editor: I lived through those horrible smog years and was struck by the accuracy of the…
Rocknite leaves The Goldfish – Annenberg Media
You might have heard the phrase, “rock is dead.” But at Rocknite, a weekly concert spotlighting three local…
The inspiring, infuriating, even comic tale of how we defeated L.A.’s smog and why we may have to again
A city of swans, that’s us. From the world’s vantage point, Los Angeles can look like a place…
Smoglandia: We haven’t always been smoggy, but we’re built that way
It’s late July in 1943. Over the radio, Bing Crosby is crooning, Bob Hope is joking, and news…
Smoglandia: Quandary — The smog we hate so much versus the cars we love so much
Eighty years ago, the enchantment ended. Los Angeles, that magical realm of shimmering natural beauty, was befouled by…