air quality

Chevron to pay $170K for air quality violations

Chevron USA Inc. will pay a $170,000 settlement to settle air quality violations at its Richmond refinery between 2014 and…

6 years ago

SamTrans shifts toward electric buses, shops local

The San Mateo County Transit District board of directors voted this week to replace 10 diesel buses with new battery…

6 years ago

No shelter-in-place for Richmond refinery flare

Chevron was reporting flaring at their refinery in Richmond Thursday morning, but company officials say there's no need to shelter…

6 years ago

Winter Spare the Air alert issued for Monday

A Spare the Air alert has been issued for Monday in the San Francisco Bay Area.

6 years ago

Tesoro fined $915k over refinery violations

Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co. reached a $915,700 civil settlement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District over a…

6 years ago

Fires, air quality close Bay Area schools, colleges

Several school districts and colleges affected by the fires in the Bay Area will remain closed until next week or…

7 years ago

Wildfire smoke murks Bay Area air

Bay Area residents who think they're smelling smoke are probably right.

7 years ago

Spare the Air alert declared for Bay Area

A Spare the Air alert has been issued for the San Francisco Bay Area for today, Bay Area Air Quality…

7 years ago

13th Street bikeway moves forward after appeal fails

Construction on the eastbound 13th Street bikeway is expected to start this summer.

7 years ago

Valero slap­ped with violations after flarings

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued six violations against the Valero Benicia Refinery.

7 years ago

Bay Area ranks in Top 10 for air pollution

The San Francisco Bay Area ranks among the top 10 most polluted regions in the country, according to a report…

7 years ago

Goodwill to test electric trucks in Bay Area

San Francisco Goodwill will start using electric trucks as part of a test project that aims to reduce greenhouse gas…

7 years ago

Whistleblowers slap air quality district with lawsuit

Two former Bay Area Air Quality Management District employees have brought on a whistleblower lawsuit against the district, accusing it…

7 years ago

Spare the Air alert issued for Monday

A Spare the Air Alert has been issued for Monday throughout the Bay Area, according to the Bay Area Air…

7 years ago

Refinery may be source of rotten egg smell

The smell of rotten eggs that has perplexed residents in San Francisco and Richmond over the last two days could…

7 years ago

Marin Transit experiments with zero-emission buses

Marin Transit has embarked on a pilot project to test the technology of two 35-foot, zero-emission electric buses.

7 years ago

Loma fire 50 percent contained at 4,345 acres

The wildfire, which grew slightly Friday, began around 2:45 p.m. Monday near Loma Prieta and Loma Chiquita roads in southern…

8 years ago

Loma fire chars more than 4,000 acres

A wildfire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains in southeastern Santa Clara County since Monday afternoon has grown to more…

8 years ago

Evacuation orders lifted for Loma fire victims

Evacuation orders were lifted Wednesday afternoon for Santa Cruz County residents who were told to leave their homes threatened by…

8 years ago

Tuesday will be 3rd straight Spare the Air day

The Bay Area's intense heat wave prompted regional air quality officials today to issue another Spare the Air smog alert…

8 years ago

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