“The smog was heavy, my eyes were weeping from it, the sun was hot, the air stank, a regular hell is L.A.” EyeSunHellAirHotHeavyLos AngelesWeepingSmog Book:The Dharma Bums Source: The Dharma Bums
“Los Angeles is a great place. Where else can you smell the air and see it coming at you at the same time.” AirSmellLos Angeles Author:Jackie Gayle
“My problem with L. A. was that I could see the air I was breathing, I don't particularly like crowds, and I was much better at snowboarding than I was at surfing.” ProblemAirCrowdsBreathingLos AngelesSurfingSnowboarding Author:Frederick Lenz
“The Los Angeles Air Pollution Control Board is established in 1946 in an effort to discover the cause of the brown cloud hanging over the city and decide how to combat and disperse it. In 1949, after intense lobbying from both the automobile and oil industries, and against the recommendations and position of the Los Angeles Air Pollution Control Board, the public rail system, which at one time was the largest in the world, and still serves a majority of the city's population, is decommissioned and torn out. It is replaced by a small fleet of buses.” WorldStillsCausesEffortCitiesAirPositionIndustryMajorityCloudsPopulationOilIntenseBoardsBrownLos AngelesBusCombatOne TimePollutionReplacedTornAutomobileRailRecommendationsLobbyingAir PollutionOil IndustryPollution Control Book:Bright Shiny Morning Source: Bright Shiny Morning
“I have known Tavis Smiley since the 1980s, when we both worked at the same radio station in Los Angeles. He is smart, and he is a gentleman who has accorded me great respect both on and off the air.” KnownAirSmartRadioGentlemanStationsLos AngelesAnd OffGreat RespectRadio StationsSmiley Author:Dennis Prager
“Once every hundred years, the Los Angeles smog rolls away for a single night, leaving the air as clean as interstellar space. That way the gods can see if Los Angeles is still there. If it is, they roll the smog back so they won't have to look at it.” IfsWayYearsLooksStillsHomeNightSpaceAirTravelHundredCleanLeavingLos AngelesInterstellarSmog Author:Larry Niven
“As I holed up in the City of Angels, I was also aware of a comforting feeling of anonymity. In the world's biggest third-class city I could pass unnoticed. I spoke the language. I was familiar with the currency. I could drink the water. I could almost breathe the air, late April air, compounded of interesting hydrocarbons.” WorldFeelingsLanguageWaterInterestingCitiesClassAirDrinkLateAngelThirdsBreatheFamiliarSpokesLos AngelesCurrencyComfortingAprilAnonymityUnnoticedHydrocarbonsCity Of Angels Author:John D. MacDonald
“It's people wanting to do something about global climate change. People fed up with the high price of gas. People tired of breathing dirty air. In Houston, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and other cities. It's going to be a critical mass of people experiencing something.” PeopleCitiesAirMassTiredClimateClimate ChangeCriticalBreathingDirtyGasFedsLos AngelesFed UpHoustonHigh PricesCritical MassExperiencing SomethingBakersfield Author:Ed Begley, Jr.
“I live in Los Angeles, I know it exists. I know you're not supposed to taste air.” KnowsHumorFunnyAirTasteLos Angeles Author:Marc Maron
“I'm from Los Angeles... I don't trust any air I can't see.” I CanAirLos AngelesDon't Trust Author:Bob Hope
“Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that... I’ve always though that under-populated countries in Africa are vastly UNDER-polluted, their air quality is probably vastly inefficiently low compared to Los Angeles or Mexico City.” ThinkingWorldShouldCountryFacesCitiesBehindsQualityAirEconomicIndustryWasteLowsLogicDirtyLos AngelesToxicMexicoLoadLowestMigrationImpeccableDeveloped CountryMexico CityWorld BankAir QualityBetween You And MeToxic Waste Author:Lawrence Summers
“People from the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles are starting to return home today. A natural gas well leak in the neighborhood has been permanently sealed. It had been releasing methane and other pollutants into the air for four months. Thousands of people have complained of respiratory illnesses and other problems.” PeopleWellsHas BeensProblemHomeTodayNaturalFourAirMonthsReturnStartingIllnessGasNeighborhoodLos AngelesLeaksNatural GasRespiratoryMethane Author:Ari Shapiro
“I would see my hometown, Los Angeles, change. Green space and orange groves gave way to cement, freeways flooded with traffic, and air pollution, all in the name of "progress." I felt like I was losing my home. It had a profound effect on me, and I realized just how important nature was to my spirit, my soul, my point of view.” WayImportantSoulHomeSpiritNamesFeltSpaceViewsProgressAirEffectsLosingGreenProfoundPoint Of ViewI RealizedMy SoulLos AngelesPollutionTrafficOrangeHometownCementGroveFreewaysAir Pollution Author:Robert Redford