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    Los Angeles gets F grade for air quality once again in national report

    by Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times Apr 19, 2023 3 minutes
    Greater Los Angeles remains the smoggiest metropolitan area in the nation, according to a Lung Assn. report card.

    LOS ANGELES — Despite tremendous progress in reducing air pollution over the last several decades, 98% of Californians live in communities with unhealthy levels of smog or fine particles, according to a new report released by the American Lung Association.

    Around 38.5 million California residents live in a county that received a failing grade in the Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report, which has served as a national scorecard for the two major air pollutants since 2000.

    Although Southern California has witnessed fewer days with unhealthy levels of ozone in recent years, Greater Los Angeles remains

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