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Red flag warnings, air quality alerts extend around Bay Area riddled with heat, smoke
The National Weather Service extended and expanded its Red Flag Warning Thursday due to fire concerns in the Bay Area as temperatures are expected to remain in the 90s...Read More
Air district calls for 30th consecutive Spare the Air Alert
Air quality in the Bay Area is expected to remain unhealthy through most of this week due to smoke from wildfires along the West Coast, a spokeswoman for the...Read More
Air district issues alert, cities offer services through holiday weekend heat wave
Amid a forecast for poor air quality in parts of the Bay Area and a statewide call for power conservation during a predicted heat wave, many outdoor spots where...Read More
Air district extends Spare the Air alert through Tuesday
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended Spare the Air alerts through Tuesday because of wildfire smoke that is still causing elevated pollution levels around the region....Read More
Fires rage through drought-ridden Bay Area as residents brace for more lightning, extreme heat
Severe drought conditions, an extreme heat wave and lightning strikes don’t bode well for fire prevention. Storms that traveled north through the night and into Sunday morning brought roarous...Read More
Smoke from SF building fire spreads into East Bay
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued an air quality advisory Tuesday due to smoke from a multi-building fire in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood. Smoke from...Read More
Smoke from massive wildfires prompts air quality advisory throughout Bay Area
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District said Tuesday that it will extend its regional air quality advisory through Wednesday because of smoke from Fresno County’s Mineral Fire and...Read More
Half containment holds Park Fire to 343 acres, evacuation order still in effect
The Park Fire on a wooded ridgeline near Anderson Lake outside Morgan Hill has now burned 343 acres and is 50 percent contained, the Morgan Hill Police Department said...Read More
District issues first Spare the Air Alert for Memorial Day
The first Spare the Air Alert of the year has been issued for Monday by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, with light winds, high temperatures and vehicle...Read More
Noting improved air quality, district encourages teleworking after shutdowns
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Spare the Air season started Monday, but the district said record-low numbers of cars on the region’s roads due to COVID-19 coronavirus-related...Read More
Air district urges public not to burn wood during virus outbreak
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District advised residents Friday to avoid burning wood during the novel coronavirus outbreak to protect local air quality. Wood burning is not illegal,...Read More
Flaring reported at Richmond refinery for second day in a row
More flaring was reported at the Chevron Richmond Refinery early Tuesday morning after similar incidents the day before, according to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. The report to...Read More
Benicia refinery flaring releases 9,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide
Flaring at the Valero refinery in Benicia this weekend has released an estimated 9,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, according to an updated hazardous spill report filed...Read More
Air board asks nicely: Please no wood fires for Thanksgiving
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is asking residents not to burn wood over the Thanksgiving holiday.Read More
Twelve-acre North Orinda prescribed burn continues Saturday
A prescribed burn will continue Saturday at an area east of the San Pablo Reservoir, officials said. CAL Fire, the East Bay Municipal Utility District and the Moraga-Orinda Fire...Read More
Smoke from Ranch Fire prompts air advisory through Wednesday
An air quality advisory due to smoke from the Ranch Fire in Tehama County has been extended through Wednesday. Northerly winds near the blaze, burning south of Redding, will...Read More
Heavy wildfire smoke prompts Tuesday Spare the Air alert
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued yet another Spare the Air alert for Tuesday because of smoke from the Kincade Fire in Sonoma County that is...Read More
Spare the Air alert extends to Friday throughout Bay Area
A Spare the Air alert issued for Thursday by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will extend to Friday as smoke from the Kincade Fire in Sonoma County...Read More
Heavy Kincade Fire smoke prompts Spare the Air alert
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Thursday because of smoke in the region from the Kincade Fire in the North...Read More