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Updated: Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 5:53 pm Time to read: about 2 minutes Pedestrians photograph and observe the dark sky from the Palo Alto Baylands during a Spare the Air Alert on Sept. 9. Photo by Magali Gauthier. UPDATE: The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a second consecutive Spare the Air Alert for Tuesday, Dec. 22, due to unhealthy weather that may lead to poor air quality if wood burning takes place. ---- The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air Alert for Monday, Dec. 21, which bans the burning wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid ...

Air district issues second Spare the Air alert of winter season Published  article WALNUT CREEK, CA - AUGUST 22: Traffic on Highway 24 moves smoothly as motorist travel through a thick cloud of smoke in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. With over 500 wild fires burning in California the Bay Area is inundated with un Expand The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air Alert for Monday, meaning a ban on burning wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuel, both indoors and outdoors. The alert is the second of the winter season, prompted by p...

Bay Area Spare the Air alert issued for Monday due to smoke FacebookTwitterEmail A woman walks her dogs near Jack London Square in Oakland in September under smoky skies, near the height of the devastating wildfire season. Another Spare the Air alert has been issued for Monday.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle A Spare the Air alert is in effect for the Bay Area on Monday. That means wood burning is banned for a full 24 hours. In a tweet announcing the order, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said that cool overnight temperatures and light winds were shaping up to trap particle pollution f...

"On Monday, smoke from residential wood burning is expected to cause unhealthy air throughout the Bay Area," said Jack Broadbent, executive officer of the Air District. "During this holiday season, when respiratory health is a priority for us all, it is critical that everyone does their part to improve air quality and protect public health by not burning wood." It's illegal for residents and businesses in the region to use their fireplaces, wood stoves, pellet stoves, outdoor fire pits or any other wood-burning devices during a Spare the Air Alert for fine particle pollution. Exemptions are ...

Spare the Air alert extended through Tuesday Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail The San Francisco skyline is barely visible through hazy and smoky conditions on Sept. 3, 2020. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air Alert for Monday, meaning a ban on burning wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuel, both indoors and outdoors.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images LATEST, Dec. 21, 4:56 p.m. The Spare the Air alert has been extended through Tuesday. "Air quality is expected to be unhealthy due to weather conditions trapping wood smoke pollution near th...