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Smoke In Tunnel Near Civic Center Muni Station
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Fire fighters responded to reports of smoke in the Muni tunnel near the Civic Center station Monday morning. Crews determined the smoke was due to debris in a fan room and the...
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Soberanes Fire Could Ruin Vintage For Monterey County Grape Growers
BIG SUR (CBS SF) — The massive Soberanes Fire burning in Monterey County could have a smoky effect on the area’s wind industry. Even for vineyards miles away from the flames, a wildfire can ruin a...
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Secondhand Marijuana Smoke Worse For Your Health Than Tobacco, Study Finds
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — A new study from UC San Francisco researchers has found that secondhand smoke from marijuana might be worse for you than that from tobacco. “In both cases, the blood vessels...
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Half Marathon Cancelled By Soberanes Fire Smoke
MONTEREY (CBS SF) — A wildfire in Monterey County has led organizers to cancel the Salinas Valley Half Marathon this weekend over air quality concerns, race officials have announced. The half-marathon...
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New Marijuana Breathalyzer Not Only Detects Smoke, But Edibles Too
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A new breathalyzer being tested by law enforcement, not only can tell them if a person has been smoking marijuana, it can also tell if a person has eaten anything laced with...
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Southwest Jet Evacuated After Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Starts Smoking
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CBS / AP) — An overheated Samsung device created smoke that caused a plane to be evacuated at Louisville International Airport on Wednesday, an official said. The smoke prompted...
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Flaring, Smoke At Martinez Shell Refinery Prompts Warning To ‘Avoid Area’
MARTINEZ (CBS SF) — Contra Costa Health Services was advising people to avoid the area around the Shell Refinery in Martinez Monday afternoon due to “excessive flaring and black smoke.” The Health...
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Russian Diplomat Angered By San Francisco Consular Residence Search
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Russian diplomat said Monday the United States is violating international law by searching a two-story brownstone building in San Francisco that was the consul’s residence....
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Wine Country Fires Dump Smoke, Ash All Over Bay Area
NAPA (CBS SF) – People throughout the Bay Area reported smoke and ash early Monday morning after multiple out-of-control wildfires broke out in Napa and Sonoma Counties. Residents were woken up when...
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Wildfire Smoke Drifts Across Bay Area For 2nd Straight Day
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – As firefighters continue to battle over a dozen wildfires in the Napa and Sonoma Valley wine country, air quality remains an issue across the Bay Area. The Bay Area Air Quality...
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Health Advisory Over Wildfire Smoke Extended Into Weekend
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The Bay Area Air Quality Management District on Wednesday extended a health advisory and Spare the Air alert into the weekend, as wildfires in the wine country continue to...
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Wildfire Smoke Cancels Virgin Sport Festival & Half Marathon
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The inaugural Virgin Sport Festival of Fitness that was scheduled for this weekend in San Francisco has been canceled because of air quality problems caused by the North Bay...
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North Bay Breathing Mask Free Giveaway
NOVATO (CBS SF) — Schools have been closed, doctors offices and emergency rooms have filled up as smoke from the wine country fires has made it difficult to breath in the Bay Area. The Bay Area Air...
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Spare The Air Alert For Bay Area As Wildfire Fight Enters 2nd Week
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A smoke advisory and spare the air alert has been issued for Monday in the San Francisco Bay Area, Bay Area Air Quality Management District officials said Sunday. The officials...
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Wildfire Smoke Prompts Spare The Air Alert Through Wednesday
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air Alert and Smoke Advisory for Tuesday and Wednesday because of the ongoing wildfires burning in the North...
View ArticleWildfire Smoke Plume Blankets Bay Area Skies
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — For many Bay Area residents, the morning skies looked almost apocalyptic. An ash plume carried by the wind from the wildfires in Yolo, Lake and Napa counties combined with the...
View ArticleWildfires Prompt Bay Area Air Quality Advisory Through Thursday
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is extending an air quality advisory through this Thursday because of possible smoke impacts in the region from wildfires in...
View ArticleHazy California Deals With Smoky Smell From Distant Blaze
SACRAMENTO (AP) — For two weeks a dull haze and the faint smell of smoke from distant blazes have blanketed many California cities, forcing summer campers to stay inside, obscuring normally bright...
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Smoke From California Wildfires Spreading 3,000 Miles To New York City
(CNN) — Take a look at this forecast model from the National Weather Service. It shows how the smoke from the wildfires scorching California is traveling thousands of miles. In this case, all the way...
View ArticleBay Area Spare the Air Alert Issued for Sunday
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Continued smoke from Northern California wildfires, along with pollution from cars, has prompted the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to issue a Spare the Air Alert for...
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