Bay Area Spare The Air Alerts Extended Through Labor Day; Poor Air Quality...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A record-breaking string of Spare the Air alerts is now in its third week, with an alert for the region extended through Labor Day mostly due to smog, district officials said...
View ArticleLabor Day Misery: Excessive Heat, Unhealthy Smoke-Filled Skies; Red Flag...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — If the excessive heat and unhealthy smoke-filled air was not enough for San Francisco Bay Area residents, two new threats were added to the Labor Day Monday forecast — shifting...
View ArticleSmoky, Gray-Orange Skies Blanket Bay Area Along With Intense Heat
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — It’s never a good day when you can actually see the air you’re breathing. Skies above the Bay Area were various shades of gray and orange Tuesday, a combination of smoke from all...
View ArticleMedical Experts Discuss Health Risks Presented By Wednesday Smoke-Choked Skies
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — In terms of the health impacts of the ominous orange skies created by particulate matter from Northern California wildfires Wednesday, residents may be relieved to learn that...
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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...
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