Bay Area Air Quality Management District

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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, prompting air district…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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.

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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