Unhealthy air warning

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Smoke from the Griffith Park wildfire combined with wind patterns forecast for this afternoon will likely create unhealthy air-quality conditions for central Los Angeles County, east San Fernando Valley and west San Gabriel Valley, according to air regulators.

People in those areas are urged to avoid outdoor exercise lasting more than an hour, and those with asthma or other lung or heart disease should avoid outdoor activity entirely, said South Coast Air Quality Management District spokesman Sam Atwood. Schools in those areas are also being notified, he said. There are no air quality monitors in Griffith Park.

-Janet Wilson