The LA Fires, Air Pollution, and the Inland Empire

Kenneth Encarnacion: This is Kenneth Encarnacion with 91.9 KVCR.

Rick Flagan: We did have the X-Ray fluorescence data which allowed us to trace the heavy metals. The one that caught everyone’s attention… was lead.

Kenneth Encarnacion: January 2025. Wildfires have ravaged the greater LA area, burning over 40,000 acres and more than 12,000 structures. The Eaton fire alone, consumed over 14,000 acres in suburban Altadena coming uncomfortably close to the California Institute of Technology or Caltech…

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