Members of the St. Helena Fire Department have battled devastating fires in Northern California. Last Thursday, they rolled into Los Angeles at 2 a.m. to assist in the southern part of the state. One of their white fire trucks stood out among the many red ones parked in the shadow of the famous Rose Bowl football stadium,

Wildfires have decimated more than 40,000 acres of the Los Angeles metropolitan area over the last week, charring more than 12,000 structures, displacing over 150,000 residents and leaving at least 25 people dead.

The hazardous air quality in Los Angeles is largely a result of smoke from the Pacific Palisades Fire, intensified by strong Santa Ana winds.