Portland’s air quality is currently comparable to Los Angeles, despite the ongoing wildfires in Southern California.

Greathouse founded Safe Indoor Air For Oregon Schools, a parent group that advocates for better ventilation in PPS classrooms and analyzes district air quality data, in 2022. The group advocated for the district to request more purifiers from OHA. But after the donation, Greathouse says, the district complicated its distribution process.

California's explosive and destructive wildfires are teaching Oregon how to respond to a similar event happening in the Pacific Northwest.

KATU News has been made aware of a post on a social media site claiming that the 60 fire engines from Oregon would not be allowed in California.

As catastrophic fires continue to rage in Southern California, destroying homes and prompting evacuation orders, animal shelters in the area are struggling with a wave of new arrivals, forcing many of them to seek help from sister shelters and rescues outside the region.

Oregon firefighters deployed to help battle the Los Angeles area wildfires rescued an injured man Friday as they worked to put out hotspots in areas unreachable by fire trucks.

For a limited time, Pendleton Woolen Mills is donating all sales of its Wildland Heroes Blanket to Red Cross. People can also drop off supplies at The Sports Bra.

Fire officials from both states say no engines were prevented from entering California and none of the vehicles underwent any emissions testing.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif ... RELATED: Red Cross volunteers from Oregon, southwest Washington depart Portland airport to aid California wildfire victims On Friday, President Joe Biden said more federal resources are also heading to Southern California.

A Portland rabbi has spent the second week of January sharing stories of the heroism his family and friends have encountered across Los Angeles amid the heartbreaking wildfires.

Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong said Portland would send 2,000 portable air purifiers to California to clean the air in classrooms

The Los Angeles wildfires bring renewed focus to supporting Oregonians with disabilities during natural disasters.