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Watch The Vatican Smoke Cam
Following each round of voting, cardinals will burn their ballots, emitting smoke from a Sistine Chapel chimney. White smoke indicates a new pope, black signifies an inconclusive vote...
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Cleanup From Golden Gate Park 4/20 Smokeout Costs City $15,000
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - Pot enthusiasts packed San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Saturday for an unofficial celebration of marijuana, leaving behind a mess that city officials now say cost more than...
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Crews Battle 3 Fires In Sonoma, Napa Counties
PETALUMA (CBS SF) — Three vegetation fires were blazing in Napa and Sonoma counties Wednesday, an indication of the early start of fire season in the Bay Area and throughout the state, fire authorities...
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Firefighter, 2 Others Hurt In San Jose Apartment Garage Fire
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – Three people were hurt, including a firefighter, during a fire in an underground parking garage in San Jose Monday morning, fire officials said. Crews responded to a report of a...
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2-Alarm Fire Burns Vacant Oakland Building
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Oakland firefighters controlled a two-alarm blaze at a Victorian house near Seventh and Harrison streets, a fire dispatcher said. The fire, which was highly visible from nearby...
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City Of Richmond Sues Chevron Over 2012 Refinery Fire
RICHMOND (CBS SF) – The city of Richmond sued Chevron Corp. in Contra Costa County Superior Court Friday for alleged negligence in last year’s massive refinery fire, accusing the oil company of...
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Firefighters Make Progress In Rim Fire, Smoke Drifts Into Central Valley
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (CBS / AP) – Nearly a third of the huge forest fire burning in and around Yosemite National Park was contained Friday and some small communities in the mountainous area were no...
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Smoke From Rim Fire Expected To Affect Reno, Tahoe Area Through Labor Day...
RENO (CBS/AP) — Authorities say smoke from a record wildfire in and around Yosemite National Park in California will continue to affect the Reno and Lake Tahoe areas through Labor Day weekend....
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Rim Fire Sends Dense Smoke Into Yosemite Valley
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (CBS/AP) — For the first time since a wildfire broke out around Yosemite National Park, dense smoke has begun to obscure the region’s majestic mountain views, park officials say....
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Young Girl, Father, Grandfather Killed In San Francisco House Fire
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A third family member has died as a result of a two-alarm fire at a home in San Francisco’s Inner Parkside neighborhood early Friday morning, a fire department spokeswoman...
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Smoky Redwood City Recycling Fire Extinguished
REDWOOD CITY (CBS SF) — A fire at a Redwood City metal shredding facility was extinguished Monday morning and shelter-in-place orders were lifted. The fire was reported around 1:20 p.m. Sunday at Sims...
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Winter Spare-The-Air Alert Issued For Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued its sixth Winter Spare the Air alert for Monday, banning all wood burning throughout the region. The air alert was...
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Bay Area Winter Spare-The-Air Alert Tuesday, Wood Burning Ban Extended
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Another Winter Spare the Air Day has been called for Tuesday, prohibiting all wood burning in the Bay Area for another 24-hour period, according to the Bay Area Air Quality...
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5th Straight Spare The Air Alert, Wood Burning Banned Yet Again
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — For the fifth day in a row, Bay Area residents on Thursday will have to refrain from lighting up the fireplace or other wood burning sources during yet another Winter Spare the...
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6th Straight Bay Area Winter Spare The Air Alert Issued For Friday
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Yet again, Bay Area residents are being asked to leave their fireplaces and wood stoves unlit during a sixth consecutive “Winter Spare the Air” day on Friday. The Bay Area Air...
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Firefighters Battle 2-Alarm East Oakland House Fire
EAST OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Firefighters were battling a two-alarm blaze at a home in East Oakland Friday morning, a fire dispatcher said. At about 2:40 a.m., firefighters received a report of a fire at a...
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Menlo Park Firefighters Stage Live Fire Training Amid Spare The Air Alert
MENLO PARK (KPIX 5) — A Bay Area fire department is under scrutiny for staging a live fire training exercise, while residents have been banned from wood burning for several days due to poor air...
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Bay Area Spare The Air Alert, Wood Burning Ban Enters 10th Day
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A 10th consecutive Winter Spare the Air alert has been issued for Tuesday by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, banning wood burning in the region. An ongoing cold...
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2nd Fire In 2 Months Controlled At Redwood City Recycling Plant
REDWOOD CITY (CBS SF)— A two-alarm fire at a metal recycling plant in Redwood City Tuesday morning has been controlled, although the smell of smoke and burning plastic was reported as far south as...
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Weather, Redwood City Fire Prompts Extended Wood Burning Ban
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Bay Area residents will be banned from burning wood for the 11th straight day on Wednesday. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District on Tuesday issued another Winter Spare...
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