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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 ...
By Bay City NewsOctober 1, 20200
Bay Area

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 ...
By Bay City NewsSeptember 14, 2020
Bay Area

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 ...
By Bay City NewsSeptember 4, 2020
Bay Area

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 ...
By Bay City NewsAugust 30, 2020
Bay Area

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 ...
By Nik WojcikAugust 16, 2020
Bay Area

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 ...
By Bay City NewsJuly 28, 20200
East Bay

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 ...
By Bay City NewsJuly 21, 2020
Bay Area

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 ...
By Bay City NewsJuly 5, 2020
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Smog over Oakland

Heat, exhaust prompt second Spare the Air Alert Tuesday

Soaring temperatures and more cars on the roads brought haze back to Bay Area skies this week, ...
By Bay City NewsMay 25, 2020
Bay Area

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 ...
By Bay City NewsMay 24, 2020
Bay Area

Covid-19 update: Vallejo sees dramatic case spike, Newsom announces next reopening stage, air district praises telework impact

Around the world, more than 3.5 million people have tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus we’ve come to know as Covid-19. Those ...
By Nik WojcikMay 4, 20200
Bay Area

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 ...
By Bay City NewsMay 4, 2020
Bay Area

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 ...
By Bay City NewsFebruary 11, 2020
East Bay

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 ...
By Bay City NewsDecember 22, 2019
Environment

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 ...
By Bay City NewsNovember 5, 2019
Bay Area

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 ...
By Bay City NewsOctober 24, 20190
Bay Area

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 ...
By Bay City NewsOctober 24, 2019
Environment
Smog over Oakland

Air district issues a Wednesday Spare the Air alert

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Wednesday, the ...
By Bay City NewsSeptember 24, 2019
Bay Area
San Francisco Smog

Federal agencies officially revoke California emissions standards waiver

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao officially announced Thursday that they ...
By Bay City NewsSeptember 19, 2019
Beyond SFBay
Smog over Oakland

Rising temperature prompts summer’s 13th Spare the Air alert

High temperatures and light winds forecast in the Bay Area for Thursday have prompted the Bay Area ...
By Bay City NewsSeptember 11, 2019
Bay Area
San Francisco Smog

Air district issues Monday Spare the Air alert

"As hotter weather becomes the new normal, it's critical that we end our dependency on solo driving." 
By Bay City NewsAugust 25, 20190
Bay Area

Grants to help lower-income residents afford electric or hybrid cars

Residents with lower incomes in certain Bay Area neighborhoods can get help to replace their old cars ...
By Bay City NewsMay 7, 2019
Bay Area

Weekend flaring at Chevron Richmond Refinery causes public concern

Four members of the public filed complaints with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District over flaring ...
By Bay City NewsMarch 18, 2019
East Bay

Smoky air closes Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa will be closed today because of the smoke from the ...
By Bay City NewsNovember 9, 2018

Smoky air forecast for Labor Day weekend

An air quality advisory has been issued through the Labor Day holiday because of smoky skies expected ...
By Bay City NewsAugust 30, 2018

Air quality district approves more vehicle charging stations

Several Bay Area locations will install more than 2,000 electric vehicle chargers after the Bay Area Air Quality Management District approved more than ...
By Bay City NewsJune 12, 20180

Winter Spare the Air alert issued for Monday

A Spare the Air alert has been issued for Monday in the San Francisco Bay Area.
By Bay City NewsJanuary 14, 2018

Tesoro fined $915k over refinery violations

Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co. reached a $915,700 civil settlement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management ...
By Bay City NewsJanuary 3, 2018

Russians cited for ‘Spare the Air’ violation

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District Tuesday issued a Notice of Violation to the now-shuttered Russian ...
By Bay City NewsSeptember 12, 2017

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 ...
By Bay City NewsAugust 26, 2017

Valero slap­ped with violations after flarings

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued six violations against the Valero Benicia Refinery.
By Bay City NewsMay 9, 20170
Goodwill

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 ...
By Bay City NewsApril 9, 2017
News

Whistleblowers slap air quality district with lawsuit

Two former Bay Area Air Quality Management District employees have brought on a whistleblower lawsuit against the ...
By Bay City NewsFebruary 21, 2017

Spare the Air alert issued for Monday

A Spare the Air Alert has been issued for Monday throughout the Bay Area, according to the ...
By Bay City NewsJanuary 29, 2017

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 ...
By Bay City NewsSeptember 26, 2016
San Francisco Smog

‘Spare the Air’ declared for fifth-straight day

A fifth consecutive Spare the Air alert has been issued by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for Friday.
By Bay City NewsJuly 28, 20160
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