Since 1977, the South Coast

Buena Park Inglewood Big Bear Lake West Hollywood Glendale Santa Monica Covina Culver City Center Downey Torrance Perris Hawthorne Newport Beach Beaumont Azusa Brea Fernando Agoura Los Alamitos Beach Seal La Habra Walnut Irwindale Monrovia Rosemead San Dimas Montebello Palos Verdes Estates Rancho Palos Verdes Placentia Montclair Huntington Beach Costa Mesa Laguna Hills San San Jacinto Lake Banning Calimesa Redlands Loma Linda Lake Elsinore Cucamonga Highland Crestline Murrieta Coachella La Quinta Rancho Mirage Desert Hot Springs Palmdale Lancaster Simi Valley Thousand Oaks Twentynine Palms Castaic Pasadena Rubidoux Moreno Valley San Reseda La Canada Flintridge Monterey Park Huntington Park Industry Hills La Mirada Cerritos Whittier Pico Rivera Rialto Rancho Yucaipa Canyon Irvine Laguna Niguel Mission Viejo Orange Cypress Indio Desert Pope Corona Norco Chino Hills Pomona Villa Park Glendora Palm Springs Fontana Manhattan Beach El Segundo Beverly Hills Burbank Diamond Bar Fallbrook Calabasas Los Angeles Riverside Upland Clemente San Juan Capistrano Cathedral City Indian Wells Palm Desert Temecula Ontario Redondo Beach Tustin Santa Ana Lake Forest Malibu South Gate Beach Laguna Dana Point San Bernardino Chino Catalina Avalon Lynwood Lakewood Long Beach Hesperia Victorville Claremont Colton Grand Terrace Anaheim Yorba Linda La Palma Stanton Garden Westminster Grove Fountain Valley Yucca Valley Santa Clarita Air Monitoring Stations Since 1977, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has served as the local government agency responsible for measuring, reporting and taking steps to improve air quality. To inform the AQMD 9s 15 million residents about air quality conditions, the AQMD issues an air quality forecast each day and reports current air quality conditions for each numbered Monitoring Area and General Forecast Area depicted here. This air quality information is transmitted to the public through newspapers, television, radio and pager services, through faxes to schools, through recorded messages on the AQMD 9s toll 2free Smog Update telephone line, 1 2800 2CUT 2 SMOG, and on the AQMD 9s Internet Website http://www.aqmd.gov.<br><br> Newspapers, television and radio stations typically will report air quality information using the General Forecast Areas, shown in color below, which are larger groupings of the more specific Air Monitoring Areas. The 1 2800 2CUT 2SMOG (1 2 800 2288 27664) line also provides smog forecast and current smog level information by ZIP code. The AQMD 9s Internet Website provides both forecasts as well as smog levels for that day and the previous day.<br><br> Forecasts for the next day normally are posted by noon. Northwest Los Angeles County Coastal Southwest Los Angeles County Coastal South Los Angeles County Coastal North Orange County Coastal Central Orange County Coastal 2 3 4 18 20 Central Los Angeles County Southeast Los Angeles County South Central Los Angeles County North Orange County 1 12 5 16 West San Fernando Valley East San Fernando Valley Santa Clarita Valley 6 7 13 West San Gabriel Valley East San Gabriel Valley Pomona/Walnut Valley South San Gabriel Valley 8 9 10 11 Central Orange County Saddleback Valley Capistrano Valley 17 19 21 Corona/Norco Area Metropolitan Riverside 22 23 Northwest San Bernardino Valley Southwest San Bernardino Valley Central San Bernardino Valley East San Bernardino Valley 32 33 34 35 Perris Valley Lake Elsinore Hemet/San Jacinto Valley 24 25 28 Temecula Valley Anza Area 26 27 15 West San Bernardino Mountains Central San Bernardino Mountains 36 37 38 29 Coachella Valley East Riverside County 30 31 14 Victor Valley Northern Mojave Desert Central Mojave Desert 39 40 41 *These agencies contract with the South Coast AQMD for forecasting services. Also, the Antelope Valley APCD contracts with the Mojave Desert AQMD for other services.<br><br> For more air quality information in these areas, please call the Mojave Desert AQMD at (760) 245 21661, extension 5067. Copyright 1999 by Sierra Wade Associates www.sierrawade.com

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