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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 second straight day it has warned ...
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 ...
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 ...
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."Â
Soaring temperatures, light winds prompt three-day Spare the Air Alert
Air quality officials took the unusual step of declaring a three-day Spare the Air Alert due to ...
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 with clean air vehicles.
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 ...
Bay Area air quality expected to degrade as 2019 begins
Air quality is expected to degrade somewhat to "moderate status" in the North Bay and the Santa ...
Sonoma County airport adds electric vehicle charging spaces
The Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport now has more electric vehicle charging stations in the long-term parking ...
Some colleges reopen, others remain closed due to smoke
Some Bay Area colleges and universities say they will open for classes and other business on Monday.
Smoky air closes Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa will be closed today because of the smoke from the Camp Fire in Butte County.
Recology Fire snuffed after more than 24 hours
A smoldering fire at a recycling center in Brisbane was extinguished early Wednesday morning, more than 24 ...
Oakland warehouse fire sends plume of smoke over city
A two-alarm fire destroyed a warehouse in East Oakland Wednesday morning, causing plumes of smoke that were ...
Smoky air forecast for Labor Day weekend
An air quality advisory has been issued through the Labor Day holiday because of smoky skies expected ...
More than 13,000 firefighters battling wildfires
An estimated 320,000 acres have been burned in 16 major fires so far this fire season, state ...
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 ...
