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Today, the Air District is lifting the Spare the Air Alert for Saturday, August 1, due to significantly improved air quality conditions from favorable wind patterns and increased fire containment. However, unhealthy air quality will still be present in the immediate vicinity of any actively burning fires.

The Air District is announcing the start of the Winter Spare the Air season, Wednesday, November 1. The Air District calls Winter Spare the Air Alerts when air quality is forecast to be unhealthy due to fine particulate pollution, primarily from wood smoke. When an alert is in effect during the Winter Spare the Air season, from November 1 through February 28, it is illegal to burn wood, manufactured fire logs, or any other solid fuel both indoors and outdoors in the Bay Area for a full 24-hours.

The Air District is issuing an air quality advisory for smoke for the upper portion of the North Bay tomorrow, Friday, November 1, through Sunday. Winds will be light near the fires which will allow some of the smoke to drop south to Windsor, Santa Rosa and potentially northern Napa Valley. Air quality in the upper North Bay will be moderate with some hourly readings in the unhealthy for sensitive groups range on the Air Quality Index scale. For the rest of the Bay Area, air quality is expected to be in the good to moderate range for the rest of the week.

The Air District is extending an air quality advisory due to wildfire smoke from the Pedro Fire and other wildfires through Thursday, August 1. Smoke from the Pedro Fire and other California wildfires is expected to continue to impact air quality throughout the Bay Area tomorrow. Hazy skies may be visible and the smell of smoke is possible at high elevations. Air quality is expected to be in the Moderate category on the Air Quality Index.

The Air District is issuing an air quality advisory for wildfire smoke for today, Tuesday, May 31, and tomorrow, Wednesday, June 1. Smoke from the Old Fire in Napa County is expected to impact the Napa Valley. Isolated pockets of elevated air pollution levels are possible near the fire; however, pollution levels are not expected to exceed the national 24-hour standard. A Spare the Air Alert is not in effect and air quality is not expected to be unhealthy. Smoky, hazy skies may be visible and the smell of smoke may be present in the North Bay through Wednesday. 

The Air District's Board of Directors approved allocating $4 million in Community Air Protection Incentives funding to support home and school air filtration programs in Bay Area communities at their June 4 meeting. As part of this initiative, the Air District Board authorized up to $1.3 million of upgrades in public schools in Richmond, North Richmond, San Pablo, and Tara Hills. An additional $1.7 million will be used to expand air filtration upgrades in schools in Bayview-Hunters Point in San Francisco, and $1 million will be allocated to the Air District’s Home Air Filtration program.

Starting July 1, 2024, the Air District will offer $1,500 to Bay Area residents to improve local air quality by scrapping their 1998 and older vehicles through the Vehicle Buy Back Program.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing the winter season’s first Spare the Air Alerts for Sunday, December 1, and Monday, December 2, which ban burning wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuel, both indoors and outdoors.

Aug 1, 2026 ... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2026 CONTACT: communications@baaqmd.gov Bay Area air quality improves today, Spare the Air Alert for Saturday, August 1, lifted Air quality conditions are ...

Jul 20, 2022 ... BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 2022 CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS The following current benefits are adopted by and may be changed by the Board of Directors. The Confidential ...

Feb 1, 2023 ... DocuSign Envelope ID: 1757C2F1-BEDE-4C4F-B059-4F2332D84774 BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RESOLUTION NO. 2023 - 02 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAY AREA AIR QUALITY ...

Jun 1, 2022 ... BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RESOLUTION NO. 2022-11 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PROCLAIMING A LOCAL EMERGENCY PERSISTS, ...

Grants for income-qualified Bay Area residents to retire their older car and replace it with a plug-in hybrid, battery, or hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, or a pre-paid card to use for public transit and purchase e-bikes.

Find useful resources for participants interested in applying for the Clean Cars for All program.

Aug 22, 2018 ... AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 22, 2018 CONTACT: Sarah Zahedi, 415.749.4900 Air Quality Advisory for smoke extended for Bay Area through Sunday Smoke ...

Oct 10, 2019 ... NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 10, 2019 CONTACT: Sarah Zahedi – 415.749.4900 Air District issues air quality advisory for smoke in the Bay Area Smoke impacts ...

May 4, 2017 ... NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tom Flannigan May 4, 2017 415.749.4900 Bay Area achieves federal particulate ...

Aug 6, 2018 ... AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 6, 2018 CONTACT: Ralph Borrmann, 415.749.4900 or 415.760.0285 (cell) Air Quality Advisory extended in the Bay Area through ...

Aug 30, 2018 ... AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 30, 2018 CONTACT: Ralph Borrmann, 415.749.4900 Air Quality Advisory for smoke issued for Bay Area through Monday Smoke ...

Aug 20, 2018 ... AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 16, 2018 CONTACT: Walter Wallace, 415.519.4628 Air Quality Advisory for smoke issued for Bay Area through Sunday Smoke ...