{"id":68918,"date":"2025-11-25T09:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/68918\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:02:08","slug":"thousands-advised-to-remain-inside-in-california-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/68918\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands advised to remain inside in California, Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Thousands of residents in California and Oregon have been advised to remain inside amid concerns over high levels of air pollution. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The Environmental Protection Agency&#8217;s (EPA) AirNow map shows that air quality is in the &#8220;unhealthy&#8221; range for an area around La Pine in Oregon, and Portola in California on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Why it Matters<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Officials and experts say that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/united-states-alarming-air-quality-trend-2066836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">deteriorating air quality<\/a>\u00a0heightens health risks for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/this-age-range-when-air-pollution-starts-damaging-your-brain-2102576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">vulnerable populations<\/a>, such as older adults, children, and individuals with respiratory illnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">When pollution is in the &#8220;unhealthy&#8221; range, the EPA advises that sensitive groups avoid long or intense outdoor activities and consider moving or rescheduling them indoors. The EPA also recommends the remainder of the population to reduce long or intense activities, and to take more breaks during outdoor activities.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"11103582\" alt=\"\" caption=\"A layer of smog lingers above the downtown Los Angeles skyline on December 6, 2024.\" captionoverride=\"Stock image of smog lingering above Los Angeles in December 2024. (Etienne Lauren\/AFP\/Getty Images)\" credit=\"Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT\/AFP via Getty Images\" sourcealt=\"\" sources=\"[]\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;aspect-ratio:inherit;object-fit:cover\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Copy-of-32-image-20.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">This is a developing story. More to follow. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of residents in California and Oregon have been advised to remain inside amid concerns over high levels&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1842,4817,37831,7,9,8,4818,40796,545,40797],"class_list":["post-68918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-air-pollution","tag-air-quality","tag-air-quality-index","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-epa","tag-fine-particle-pollution","tag-oregon","tag-ozone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}