SMOG ALERTS

Pollution readings from Los Angeles County Monitoring Stations over the past 12 years show that smog alerts have been more frequent in the San Gabriel Valley--where there are monitoring stations in Azusa, Pomona, Pasadena and Glendora--than in other parts of the county. Below are the number of First-Stage/and Second-Stage Smog Alerts for Ozone at the various stations:

LOCATION 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Azusa 47/1 64/0 76/5 71/10 74/7 65/2 40/1 63/3 Burbank 43/1 11/0 30/0 26/2 30/1 18/0 12/0 34/0 Central L.A. 11/0 3/0 16/0 14/0 10/0 8/0 7/1 12/0 Glendora - - - - 30/5* 61/2 62/2 74/2 Lancaster 0/0 2/0 5/0 1/0 7/0* 7/0 0/0 0/0 Lennox 1/0 0/0 2/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Long Beach 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 1/0 1/0 1/0 1/0 Lynwood 2/0* 0/0* 0/0 6/0 0/0* 1/0 2/0 3/0 Newhall 38/0 59/0 45/0 59/0 46/2 37/0 17/0 19/0 Pasadena 51/0 55/0 85/8 78/11 56/3 48/0 33/1 59/0 Pico Rivera 26/1* 52/0 48/5 38/3 38/1 28/0 18/1 35/0 Pomona 37/1 58/0 72/9 57/3 49/1 32/0 31/0 45/0 Reseda 33/0 37/0 16/0 24/0 36/1 12/0 4/0 11/0 West L.A. 4/0 0/0 10/0* 7/0 3/0 3/0 3/0 6/0 Whittier 19/1 12/0 18/1* 16/0 5/0 18/0 7/0 23/0

LOCATION 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988** Azusa 55/0 48/1 45/0 26/0 35/0 Burbank 5/0 17/0 14/0 6/0 4/0 Central L.A. 8/0 9/0 8/0 2/0 3/0 Glendora 67/0 68/5 70/1 51/0 58/0 Lancaster 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 Lennox 1/0 0/0 - - - Long Beach 1/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Lynwood 4/0 1/0 1/0 1/0 0/0 Newhall 18/0 15/0 15/0 2/0 30/0 Pasadena 49/0 41/1 33/0 15/0 19/0 Pico Rivera 24/0 19/0 18/0 7/0 12/0 Pomona 30/0 32/0 24/0 16/0 16/0 Reseda 6/0 9/0 5/0 2/0 4/0 West L.A. 5/0 4/0 1/0 1/0 2/0 Whittier 17/0 11/0 4/0 4/0 6/0

* Less than 12 full months of data.

** 1988 statistics based on final validated data for January-August and preliminary data for September-October.

Source: South Coast Air Quality Management District