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The Air District's Board of Directors adopted a bold air quality and climate plan, the 2017 Clean Air Plan, entitled Spare the Air - Cool the Climate (YouTube streaming video), which addresses air quality improvement and greenhouse gas reduction for the nine-county Bay Area region.

The Air District is issuing another Spare the Air Alert for smoke tomorrow, Tuesday, October 29, for the entire region. Smoke from the Kincade Fire is expected to move south into the greater Bay Area today. Air quality will likely be impacted from the Kincade Fire through mid-day tomorrow. There may also be smoke from local fires, like the Suisun Marsh fire, that could further impact air quality tomorrow. Later tomorrow, offshore winds will help move smoke from the Kincade Fire back over the Pacific Ocean, but local fires could still contribute to unhealthy air quality.

The Air District is issuing an air quality advisory due to smoke from the Somersville brush fire in Antioch. Smoke from this brush fire is expected to impact air quality in eastern Contra Costa County on Wednesday evening. Conditions can change rapidly and the amount and location of smoke at ground level is hard to predict. The public can check for real-time smoke pollution levels in their local area with the U.S. EPA’s Fire and Smoke Map. The Air District will continue to monitor conditions to see if impacts will continue on Thursday. Smoky, hazy skies may be visible, the smell of smoke is possible and air quality may become unhealthy as of Wednesday evening.

The Air District is issuing an air quality advisory for smoke for the Bay Area tomorrow, Tuesday, November 5, 2019.  Northerly winds near the Ranch Fire in Tehama County south of Redding will allow some smoke to move toward the Bay Area. The smoke is expected to cause hazy skies and potentially elevated hourly air quality readings for fine particulates tomorrow, but air quality is not expected to exceed the federal health standard.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing a Spare the Air Alert for wildfire smoke for Sunday, June 16, and Monday, June 17. Air quality is forecast to be unhealthy today and tomorrow due to smoke from the Point Fire in northern Sonoma County.

Today, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced that Value Plumbing Co., Inc., of Oakley, California, has agreed to pay $310,000 in a settlement filed with the Superior Court of the State of California in the County of Contra Costa for installing uncertified residential water heaters in the Bay Area.

Air quality in the Bay Area is forecast to be in the good range.  Winds are currently blowing smoke from the Wragg fire burning near Lake Berryessa to the north and east of our region. Smoky conditions have been observed in Yolo County and parts of the Sacramento region.

The Air District and Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson filed a joint civil lawsuit against Radius Recycling, formerly Schnitzer Steel Industries, for air quality violations related to the fire at the company’s facility in West Oakland on August 9-10, 2023. In addition, previous enforcement actions by the Air District and the district attorney required Radius Recycling to install new equipment that has eliminated hundreds of tons of air pollution and reduced cancer risk by 84 percent since 2022; today the Air District finalized the operating permit for this important equipment. 

The Air District has filed a lawsuit against Acme Fill Corp. for illegally emitting high levels of methane and other organic compounds from its landfill in Martinez. The complaint, filed today in Contra Costa County Superior Court, seeks monetary penalties for multiple violations of state and local air quality regulations following a compliance inspection conducted by the Air District on August 24, 2023.

The Air District has announced a $13.3 million grant to the San Mateo County Transit District toward the installation of new high-capacity electric bus charging infrastructure at its San Carlos facility. This SamTrans project will help accelerate the transition of the SamTrans bus fleet to zero-emission technology and improve air quality in communities most affected by air pollution.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is advising Bay Area residents of the possibility that smoke from the Soberanes Fire may, at times, impact Santa Clara County this weekend.

The Air District announced the recipients of the 2016 James Cary Smith Community Grant Program awards. The Air District used available funding to back 11 community-based partnership projects within the nine-county Bay Area region for a total of $261,274. The projects will increase awareness and engagement about air quality issues and initiate ways to reduce air pollution.

Oct 4, 2013 ... SMOKE ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ralph Borrmann October 4, 2013 415.749.4900 (After hours) 415.760.0285 ...

Oct 7, 2013 ... SMMOKEE ADDVISSORYY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONNTACT: Raalph Borrmmann Octoberr 4, 2013 415.749.49000 (After hours) 415.760.02855 ...

Jul 19, 2022 ... AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 19, 2022 CONTACT: Erin DeMerritt, 415.517.4147 Air District extends air quality advisory for eastern Contra Costa County through ...

Jul 14, 2022 ... AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2022 CONTACT: Aaron Richardson, 415.760.0242 Air District extends air quality advisory for eastern Contra Costa County through ...

Jul 19, 2022 ... AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 19, 2022 CONTACT: Erin DeMerritt, 415.517.4147 Air District extends air quality advisory for eastern Contra Costa County through ...

Jul 14, 2022 ... AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2022 CONTACT: Aaron Richardson, 415.760.0242 Air District extends air quality advisory for eastern Contra Costa County through ...

Jul 13, 2022 ... AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 13, 2022 CONTACT: Aaron Richardson, 415.760.0242 Air District extends air quality advisory for eastern Contra Costa County through ...

Jul 18, 2022 ... AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 18, 2022 CONTACT: Aaron Richardson, 415.760.0242 Air District extends air quality advisory for eastern Contra Costa County through ...