Spare the Air alert issued for Bay Area; no wood-burning allowed
Atmospheric conditions in the Bay Area prompted air quality regulators to issue a Spare the Air alert for Thursday, which bans burning wood or solid fuel.
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Atmospheric conditions in the Bay Area prompted air quality regulators to issue a Spare the Air alert for Thursday, which bans burning wood or solid fuel.
The Bay Area's Spare the Air alert has been extended to at least Saturday as a high-pressure system is expected to hang around and impact air quality.
The Bay Area Air District announced a Winter Spare the Air alert and a ban on wood burning is in effect beginning Wednesday and through the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday.
Bay Area air regulators have lowered the threshold for declaring Spare the Air alerts that ban residents from using their wood-burning fireplaces or outdoor fire pits.
A Spare the Air alert has been issued for Friday, banning wood burning in the Bay Area because of a forecast for unhealthy pollution levels, regional air quality officials said.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District on Saturday issued the winter season's first Spare the Air Alerts for the region on Sunday and Monday.
High temperatures and light winds, combined with vehicle exhaust, will result in unhealthy air quality around the Bay Area for the next two days, air district officials said.
A warming trend forecast for the Bay Area this week prompted air district officials to issue a Spare the Air alert for Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended Wednesday's Spare the Air Alert for smog through Thursday. The district said Wednesday it expects air quality to again be unhealthy for another day.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a Spare the Air Alert for smog for Wednesday.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended a Spare the Air Alert through Wednesday as increased levels of smog pollution will continue to pose respiratory risk across the region.
Bay Area air will be unhealthy on Tuesday, said the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, which issued a Spare the Air Alert for smog.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is banning the burning of wood and other solid fuel for Tuesday in the region via a Spare the Air alert.
A Spare the Air alert banning the burning of wood in the Bay Area has been extended through Sunday.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued the first winter Spare the Air alert of the season for Friday, banning the burning of wood or other solid fuel in the region.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Thursday because of high temperatures and light wind that are expected to combine with motor vehicle exhaust to create unhealthy smog levels in the region.
Saturday was the fourth consecutive day when the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) declared a "Spare the Air Day."
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Wildfire smoke continues to persist in the Bay Area, prompting the region's air quality regulators to extend the current Spare the Air alert into Saturday as local residents wonder when the skies will finally clear.
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Officials with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District have extended a Spare the Air alert through Friday due to ongoing air quality issues caused by smoke from wildfires burning further north in California and southern Oregon.
Smoke from wildfires burning in far Northern California and Oregon, lingered in the Bay Area on Wednesday, causing poor air quality for a second straight day. Paul Heggen and John Ramos report. (9/20/23)
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Wednesday because of a forecast of unhealthy smog levels in the region.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Friday because of a forecast for unhealthy levels of smog caused by hot temperatures, vehicle exhaust and smoke from a wildfire in Oregon.
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