Residents are urged to remain indoors with windows and doors closed and to avoid extended or intense outdoor activity.

Before the widespread use of air conditioning, and for a long time afterwards, most Tucson homes were topped with evaporative coolers, commonly called “swamp coolers” because they chill the dry desert ...

Orange County Coast, Orange County, San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys, Riverside County Mountains and San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning are the focus of an air quality alert reported at ...

Los Angeles County is included in an air quality alert reported by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 12:05 p.m. The alert is in effect until Friday Dec. 19, at midnight.

Dahlia's Kitchen & Catering Mobile, 912 N. Central Ave.: Nov. 19: Three violations: No thermometer for monitoring temperatures in foods; bleach test kit not available for checking sanitizer ...

I knew as soon as I stepped out of the cabin, I was in for something remarkable. It was 4 AM and the sky glittered brightly between the branches of long leaf pines. I only needed to get to an open ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a duct system that would allow a swamp cooler to operate more efficiently to keep a home cool and reduce energy bills," said an inventor, ...

It’s a scorching 95 degrees in northern Minnesota, and I’m testing my DIY skills by building a homemade swamp cooler in a Walmart parking lot to see if it can actually cool down my camper. Between ...

There's never been a car quite like the Volkswagen Beetle. It's the most mass-produced car sold before the Toyota Corolla, with over 21 million made over its 65-year lifespan (even with a pause in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When summer heat kicks in and your space can’t accommodate a bulky window AC, an evaporative cooler (also ...