Source: Facebook/US National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard
Los Angeles drivers faced reduced visibility conditions today as the National Weather Service issued a Dense Fog Advisory in effect until 10 AM PST. The fog, which engulfs parts of Southern California, including Downtown Los Angeles, Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast, Ventura County Beaches, and Ventura County Inland Coast, creates hazardous driving situations with “Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog,” as per the National Weather Service advisory.
Furthermore, Los Angeles residents are urged to comply with the South Coast AQMD’s mandatory wood-burning ban extended through Friday evening, the ban aims to mitigate air pollution amidst an air quality alert, affecting the South Coast Air Basin, which includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, but “No-Burn Day alerts do not apply to areas above 3,000 feet in elevation, the Coachella Valley, or the High Desert,” as stated by the NWS Air Quality Alert. Exemptions apply for homes reliant on wood as the sole source of heat, for low-income households, and for those without natural gas service…