Fires blanket Bay Area with smokeWilliam Brand
Smoke can travel long distances which is something those of us living in the Bay Area have become well aware of in recent years. Thankfully, due to the easterly prevailing winds, most of the smoke from Sierra fires normally moves toward Nevada away from the rafting locations that lay at low...
Smoke rises following a Hezbollah's rocket attack in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on Oct. 9, 2024. A rocket fired by Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon killed two Israeli civilians in northern Israel on Wednesday, Israeli authorities said. Magen David Adom emergency health service reported that t...
Bay Area residents are advised if they can smell smoke they should protect their health by avoiding exposure, staying indoors and closing windows and doors if temperatures allow. If temperatures are too hot indoors, residents should visit an air-cooling center or other building that p...
Sports Editor After a series of fires in the Bay Area, the school has announced that all sports games and practices are cancelled on Oct. 28. The administration is taking precautions after the spread of smoke in an effort to keep Costa’s student athletes healthy, and are complying with a...
Drivers could see the blaze and smoke from I-680. The fire caused major damage to the three-story home where it started. ALSO: Rapidly spreading brush fire burning in Pittsburg In Marin County, crews have fully contained a brush fire near Lucas Valley Road in San Rafael that threatened ...
Bay Area air quality officialsadvised residents to stay indoors"if temperatures allow" Tuesday and Wednesday as a result of smoke in the atmosphere. On Saturday, afiery tornado was spotted near the Nevada borderwhere the Loyalton Fire continues to burn in Tahoe National Forest. ...
“the air quality alone was responsible for significant recreational limitations for a nearly three week stretch where it was unhealthy to go outdoors,” says Chambers Thurlow. At 7,000 feet of elevation in the Sierra Nevada, that kind of wildfire smoke would make backpacking virtually impossible....
The sets, which include a sound stage on Mare Island, weren’t touched by the conflagrations, but the pervasive smoke that has shrouded much of the Bay Area has forced the show to temporarily halt shooting. The Paramount-produced series is one of a numb...
Firefighters have been battling brush fires across the Bay State and are now monitoring them until daylight. Poor air quality is to be expected around any of these fires. Along with the smoke, inversions trap pollutants in the air, said Jennifer Stowell, of the Boston University School of Publ...