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Smoke-Choked Skies Cast Eerie Dark Orange Glow Over Bay Area As Wildfire Ash...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A historic outbreak of wildfires across Northern California left a massive layer of smoke draped over the San Francisco Bay Area, turning skies early Wednesday into an eerie dark...
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Photos Capture Surreal Orange Glow From Wildfire Smoke-Filled Skies Across...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The eerie, smoke-choked skies that hung over Northern California on September 9, 2020, made for an otherworldly day in a year like no other that no one will soon forget....
View ArticleAir Quality Managers Rely On Pollution Sensors For Real-Time Information
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — There are many different ways to get those Air Quality Index numbers that have been giving Bay Area residents an indication of just how bad the air is. Looking at hazy,...
View ArticleOminous Orange Skies Bring New Focus On Future Climate Catastrophes
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — The dramatic skies produced by unprecedented West Coast wildfire smoke have left everyone stunned, with even those who have long been ringing climate alarm bells looking for...
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Hazardous Air Levels Climb As A Smoky, Ash-Filled Plume Remains Draped Over...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Air quality deteriorated to the ‘very unhealthy’ level Friday in the San Francisco Bay Area as a plume of smoke and ash from wildfires raging across the West remained stalled...
View ArticleSF Streets Empty As Smoky Air, Raining Ash Force COVID-Weary Residents Back...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Just a week out from the six-month anniversary of the coronavirus lockdown and new problems are falling out of the sky in San Francisco. “First we had to deal with the COVID...
View ArticleHazardous Air: San Jose Closes Parks; ‘We Have Smoke Coming At Us From...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — First it was the COVID-19 pandemic that kept Bay Area residents struck in their homes. On Saturday, it was a massive plume of wildfire smoke and ash stalled over the region....
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Video: Smoke From Resurgent Sierra Wildfire Heads Toward Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — The SQF Complex Fire, smoldering since late August in the Sequoia Nat’l Forest in the southern Sierra Nevada, blew up Saturday, sending a huge plume of smoke into the Central...
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How To Find The Best Air Quality Index (AQI) On The Web
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — There is plenty of confusion when it comes to Air Quality Index readings during this time of smoke-filled skies from the historic outbreak of wildfires. There are numbers...
View ArticleSmoky Skies: Bay Area Residents Look To Escape Dangers Of Wildfire Smoke
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — There are currently a total of 28 active fires in California helping to fill San Francisco Bay Area skies with unhealthy levels of smoke and forcing local residents to remain...
View ArticleSmoky Skies Roundup: 49ers Opener Still In Jeopardy; Bay Area Residents Seek...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A plume of unhealthy, smoke-filled air sent skyward by dozens of wildfires burning across the West Coast has forced local residents to remain shuttered indoors this weekend....
View ArticleWildfires, Smoke During Pandemic Intensify Economic Pain In California, West...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — The fires consuming the forests of California and Oregon and darkening the skies over San Francisco and Portland are also damaging a regional economy already singed by the...
View ArticleSmoky Skies: Unhealthy Air Over Bay Area Prompts 30 Straight Days Of ‘Spare...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Health officials warned San Francisco residents to limit their time outdoors early Monday as a layer of extremely unhealthy air generated by smoke from the wildfires burning...
View ArticleSmoky Skies Postpone Giants-Mariners Games In Seattle; Series To Be Played At...
SEATTLE (AP/CBS SF) — The two-game series between the San Francisco Giants and the Mariners in Seattle that was scheduled to start Tuesday night was postponed because of smoky skies caused by the West...
View ArticleDowntown Comes Alive As Smoky Skies Clear, People Go Back Outside In Burlingame
BURLINGAME (KPIX) — Tuesday’s blue skies seemed like a novelty after a week of otherworldly phenomena due to unhealthy air. “It’s really a relief, I thought it would never end, honestly,” said Emma...
View Article‘This Is Heaven’; Fresh, Clean Air Driving Smoke From San Francisco Bay Area...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A low pressure system spinning in the Pacific off the Northwest, began driving away a plume of unhealthy smoke-filled air Wednesday, clearing the gloomy skies that have been...
View ArticleMassive Plumes Of Carbon Monoxide Drift Over Midwest, East Coast From...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The historic wildfire outbreak in Northern California, Oregon and Washington state was generating massive plumes of carbon monoxide that have drifted all the way across the...
View ArticleSmoke From Wildfires Can Worsen COVID-19 Risk, Putting Firefighters In Even...
(CBS News) — Emerging research suggests that the smoke firefighters breathe on the front lines of wildfires is putting them at greater risk from the coronavirus, with potentially lethal effects....
View ArticleYosemite National Park To Close Due To Poor Air Quality From Heavy Wildfire...
YOSEMITE (CBS SF) — Officials in Yosemite National Park announced Thursday that the park would shut down to all visitors and vehicular traffic at 5 p.m. due to significant smoke and hazardous air...
View ArticleYosemite Set To Reopen Friday After Closure Due To Wildfire Smoke
YOSEMITE (CBS SF) — Officials in Yosemite National Park announced Tuesday that the park will reopen to all visitors Friday morning after an over week-long closure due to wildfire smoke and hazardous...
View ArticleSpare The Air Alerts Extended Through At Least Tuesday Due To Glass Fire Smoke
NAPA COUNTY (CBS SF) – A Spare the Air alert has been extended through Tuesday, as smoke from the Glass Fire and other wildfires is expected to continue to blanket the Bay Area. The Bay Area Air...
View ArticleUnhealthy Air From Wildfire Smoke Continues To Choke Bay Area
SAN FRANCSICO (CBS SF) — Smoke from the Glass Fire and other Northern California wildfires continued to blanket the Bay Area Friday, sending air quality index readings into the “unhealthy” category. As...
View ArticleAir District Lifts Spare The Air Alerts Early As Glass Fire Reaches 96%...
NAPA COUNTY (CBS SF) – Spare the Air alerts that had been issued for Monday and Tuesday because of unhealthy amounts of wildfire smoke expected in the Bay Area have been lifted because fire containment...
View ArticleCalifornia Wildfire Smoke Exposes Millions to Hazardous Pollution
SANTA CRUZ (CBS SF/AP) — Wildfires churned out dense plumes of smoke this summer as they scorched huge swaths of the West Coast, exposing millions of people to hazardous pollution levels, causing...
View ArticleAir District Requests Bay Area Residents Avoid Burning Wood On Thanksgiving
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is asking residents to not burn wood Wednesday night or on Thanksgiving to help keep air pollution from rising to unhealthy levels. There...
View ArticleUCSF Study Reveals Link Between Wildfire Smoke And Alzheimer’s Disease
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A UC San Francisco study has revealed a link between elevated amyloid plaque levels among older Americans with cognitive impairment and the air pollution levels in their...
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Wildfires Produced Up To Half Of Pollution In Western U.S. In Recent Years,...
(CBS / AP) — Wildfire smoke accounted for up to half of all health-damaging small particle air pollution in the western U.S. in recent years as warming temperatures fueled more destructive blazes,...
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Flaring at Chevron Refinery in Richmond Sends Cloud of Smoke Billowing Over Bay
RICHMOND (CBS SF) — The Chevron Refinery in Richmond was reporting heavy flaring Thursday evening, sending a cloud of heavy black smoke over the bay. Chevron officials said the flaring that started...
View ArticleAll Lanes of Hwy 4 Reopen Following Discovery Bay Brush Fire
DISCOVERY BAY (CBS SF) — A brush fire in Discovery Bay disrupted traffic on Highway 4 in both directions for hours Monday, according to CHP. The blaze, reported shortly before 3 p.m. along the 17000...
View ArticleBill From Bay Area Congress Members Will Study Effects Of Wildfire Smoke
NAPA (CBS SF/BCN) — Two members of Congress based in the Bay Area sponsored legislation Thursday that authorizes $20 million for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the health impacts of...
View ArticleWildfire Smoke Plume Drifts Into San Francisco Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A large smoke plume from several wildfires raging in the state, drifted over the San Francisco Bay Area Friday, casting a haze over the horizon and triggering an air quality...
View ArticleBay Area Air Quality Advisory in Effect Due to NorCal Wildfire Smoke
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — An air quality advisory issued by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District went into effect Thursday morning. The advisory was issued due to forecasts that smoke from...
View ArticleBay Area Air Quality Advisory Due To Wildfire Smoke Extended Through Sunday
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The Bay Area Air Quality Management District on Friday extended its air quality advisory due to smoke from ongoing wildfires, announcing that the advisory would remain in...
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WILDFIRES: Bay Area Air Quality District Extends Advisory As Wildfire Smoke...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) extended am advisory Wednesday warning of a possible drop in air quality through Friday as smoke from nearby wildfires...
View ArticleEPA Grants Nearly $3M To Bay Area Institutions For Wildfire Smoke Research
BERKELEY (BCN) – Three Bay Area research projects will share nearly $3 million in federal grants to study how people can reduce their exposure to toxic wildfire smoke, according to an announcement...
View ArticleSmoke Plume Over Bay Area Triggers Spare the Air Alert, Forces Cancellation...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Shifting winds pulled a large plume of smoke from the raging Caldor and Monument wildfires over the San Francisco Bay Area Friday, casting a haze over the area, triggering a...
View ArticleNew Weather System Expected to Push Wildfire Smoke from Bay Area Skies
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN/CBS SF) — The Bay Area’s air quality is forecast to improve over the next couple of days as a new weather pattern moves in from offshore, pushing the current blanket of wildfire...
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Bay Area Residents Mark One-Year Anniversary of Skies Turning Eerie Orange...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — People across the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday were remembering the sinister hue the skies took on the one-year anniversary of the day wildfire smoke turned the sky an...
View ArticleWildfire Smoke, Hot Inland Temperatures Prompt Spare The Air Alert Saturday
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) – The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Saturday because of wildfire smoke combined with hot temperatures and vehicle exhaust that are...
View ArticleAir District: Weather, Wood Smoke To Bring Moderate Air Quality In Bay Area...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Moderate air quality is expected to persist over the Bay Area this week as pollution from wood smoke stays near ground level, a spokeswoman for the Bay Area Air Quality...
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