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Redwood City Metal Recycler Meets With City Over Recent Fires
REDWOOD CITY (CBS SF) — Redwood City officials met Wednesday with Sims Metal Management after a second fire in two months broke out at the recycling plant in Redwood City Tuesday morning. The two-alarm...
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What Are The Rules, Fines, And Exceptions To Christmas Eve Fireplace Wood...
(CBS SF) — With an unpopular “Spare the Air” advisory in place today banning all burning in fireplaces, outdoor fire pits and more, many Bay Area residents are looking for ways around the rules. The...
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Wood Burning Banned As Christmas Day Spare The Air Alert Issued
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — It’s official; Bay Area residents will not be allowed to light fires in their fireplaces on Christmas Day. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has announced that...
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5th Straight Spare-The-Air Alert Issued For Saturday
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A fifth straight Winter Spare the Air alert—the 27th since November—has been issued by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for Saturday, banning wood burning in the...
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Smoke From Burned Granola Prompts Call To Oakland Firefighters
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Firefighters cleared the scene of a building initially reported as the scene of a structure fire in West Oakland Thursday morning, a fire dispatcher said. A report of a one-alarm...
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Grocery Store In San Francisco’s Sunset District Evacuated After Report Of Smoke
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Fire crews are responding Tuesday afternoon to a report of smoke at Andronico’s Market in San Francisco’s Sunset District. The report came in at 4:35 p.m. at the grocery store...
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10 Arrested During San Francisco ’420′ Smokeouts
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Ten people were arrested during impromptu marijuana celebrations in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Sunday for offenses ranging from selling marijuana or opiates to...
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Plane Bound For Hawaii Returns To LAX Due To Smoke In Cockpit
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — A United Airlines flight arrived safely back at Los Angeles International Airport after smoke was reported in the cockpit and cabin during a flight to Hawaii. Federal Aviation...
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Trash Fire Burns At San Jose Landfill
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Firefighters were battling a trash fire at the Zanker Landfill in San Jose Sunday afternoon, a fire dispatcher said. The trash fire, located in the vicinity of 705 Los Esteros...
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Reports Of Smoke At Chicago Airport Causes Delays For SFO Flights
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Reports of smoke at a Federal Aviation Administration facility in Chicago was causing flight disruptions to travelers between San Francisco International Airport and that...
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BART Trains Delayed After Smoke Pours From Train In Transbay Tube
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — BART passengers can expect trains to be delayed by at least 15 minutes on the Daly City line due to an equipment problem that passengers said caused smoke to fill a train...
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E-Cigarettes To Be Banned In Areas Of Sonoma County
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) — The unincorporated areas of Sonoma County will soon be included in a growing list of places where “vaping” of electronic cigarettes is banned in some public areas and...
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No Injuries Reported After Smoky Fire At Stanford Linear Accelerator,...
MENLO PARK (CBS/AP) - The linear accelerator at Stanford University’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California was shut down Thursday and two research labs idled after a fire damaged...
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San Francisco Muni Castro Street Station Fills With Smoke, One Worker Injured
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A faulty maintenance truck is blamed for filling a San Francisco transit station with smoke Monday morning. The fire department started to get calls from Muni’s Castro Street...
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Shasta County’s ‘Bully’ Fire Consumes Over 4,000 Acres Since It Began On Friday
SHASTA COUNTY (KCBS)— Hot, windy weather conditions are causing problems for firefighters who are battling a large wildfire in Shasta County. Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said the so-called...
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Firefighters Quickly Contain 2-Alarm Apartment Fire In Oakland, One Displaced
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — One person was displaced by a fire that broke out Tuesday morning at an apartment in Oakland’s Maxwell Park neighborhood, a fire dispatcher said. The blaze was reported at 7:27 a.m....
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Body Found In Bully Fire Burning In Shasta County
SHASTA COUNTY (CBS SF) — A body has been found in the area of the Bully Fire burning in Shasta County that has burned over 10,000-acres. The body was found July 16 near a home north of Platina Road,...
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Grass Fire Breaks Out In Brentwood Sending Large Column Of Smoke Above Area
BRENTWOOD (CBS SF) — Fire crews are fighting a small grass fire in a rural area of Brentwood Monday afternoon, according to an East Contra Costa Fire Protection District dispatcher. The blaze was...
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Firefighters Knock Out Blaze At 2-Story Hayward Home
HAYWARD (CBS SF) — A fire was extinguished about 20 minutes after being reported at a two-story house near a high school in Hayward Thursday morning, a fire captain said. The blaze was reported at...
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Fire Near Mt. Umunhum Seen Across Santa Clara Valley
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Smoke from a trailer fire near Mount Umunhum just south of San Jose was widely seen across the area before fire crews put it out Monday morning. Cal Fire crews were dispatched at...
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