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Air quality advisory extended as wildfire smoke lingers over Bay Area
Bay Area residents are advised to keep their windows and doors shut through Saturday.Read More
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
Oakland opens additional respite centers to escape unhealthy air quality
Two additional respite centers opened Saturday in Oakland for residents seeking relief from unhealthy air smothering the region from wildfires burning on the West Coast. The centers activated on...Read More
Sun likely to stay obscured behind smoke haze through rest of week
Continued widespread haze and dense smoke is expected across the Bay Area Thursday and likely through the rest of the week, limiting sun exposure and lowering temperatures to seasonal...Read More
Heavy smoke poses health risks in Contra Costa, San Francisco
San Francisco and Contra Costa County are among jurisdictions that have issued alerts Sunday advising residents of unhealthy air quality due to smoke from wildfires that continue to burn...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
East Bay fire districts conduct training exercises with controlled burns in Concord, Moraga
The Moraga-Orinda Fire District is conducting a training burn Friday on the south side of the Campolindo Ridge. The training, to prepare firefighters for the upcoming fire season, started...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
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
West Contra Costa schools close at noon due to smoke, power outage
Power outages and poor air quality from wildfires have prompted the West Contra Costa Unified School District to shorten the school day Monday and dismiss students at noon. District...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
Officials issue shelter-in-place order for areas around Santa Rosa fire
The Santa Rosa Fire Department at the Sonoma County Fire District are fighting a multi-vehicle fire south of Santa Rosa Monday afternoon. A shelter-in-place order was sent by fire...Read More
Crews contain SFO maintenance facility fire
A fire at an airline maintenance facility near San Francisco International Airport Wednesday morning has been contained and no injuries were reported, according to San Francisco Fire Department officials....Read More