With levels of sooty air pollution far too high across swaths of the Los Angeles area, Dana Benton is sleeping with a mask on, even with her air purifier running. "My car was just covered in ash, and it's just disgusting to think that we could be inhaling that,

Smoke from the raging Southern California wildfires is filling city skylines, causing officials to warn residents of poor air quality.

On Wednesday at 12:26 p.m. an air quality alert was issued valid until Friday at midnight. The alert is for San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire, Riverside County Mountains, San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning,

As wildfires throughout Los Angeles remain uncontained, the resulting smoke poses a serious health risk to people in surrounding areas