Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins Jon Hansen to talk about the dangers of wildfire smoke and what you need to know to protect yourself.

A 72,000-acre wildfire in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties was sending smoke south to San Diego County, forecasters ...

The public is advised to take precautions, especially those sensitive to polluted conditions, by limiting their time outside ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An air quality alert was issued for the greater Chicago area on Tuesday. The alert was issued by the EPA at about 11:56 a.m. It will be in effect until midnight. Lake, Porter, Newton ...

As Canadian wildfire smoke lingers in the skies, the Chicago area will soon be under an air quality alert, but the smoke ...

Temperatures are climbing into the 80s this week, with highs expected to hit 90° by the weekend. Wildfire smoke will continue ...

Chicago’s summer skies are increasingly foul due to Canadian wildfires, especially when the weather otherwise is nicest. This ...

While an air quality alert continues for parts of the Midwest due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, northeastern Illinois was ...

A fatal crash involving a motorcycle and another vehicle occurred Wednesday morning in Yuba City, the California Highway ...

Temperatures are then expected to soar into the lower 90s Thursday through Saturday. The hottest day will likely be Saturday ...

A fire was raging Monday afternoon at a Beggars Pizza restaurant in the south Chicago suburb of Blue Island. The fire broke ...