#Air Quality

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The smoke in the air didn't seem to be bothering some people in Sacramento on Friday as they went about their days jogging, walking their dogs and playing tennis in various parks across the city — despite an air quality index of 165. But two Sacramento area...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Smoke from California wildfires is again affecting air quality in the Sacramento region as the Lake Tahoe area continues to be clouded in Caldor Fire smoke. Use the map below to track the air quality where you live. KCRA 3 Meteorologist Tamara Berg said air quality in...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Saturday is looking mighty nice in the morning. Get outside and enjoy the cool air because the afternoon will feel much hotter than previous days. Highs today reach the mid 80’s. You’ll notice a smoky haze moving overhead in Portland. That’s wildfire smoke coming from Washington...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — For a brief period on Friday, the forecast called for clear skies at Lake Tahoe from Monday through Wednesday. On Saturday morning, smoke is back in the forecast and officials are warning of dangerous fire conditions to start next week. The National Weather Service in...

The Bay Area has enjoyed a few days marked by mostly good air quality. That could change Friday. "Smoke should stay east of the Bay Area on Thursday but as dry north winds develop by Friday, smoke from the Dixie and Monument fires will likely drift southward over the Bay Area on Friday," the National Weather Service said on Twitter early Thursday.

Update at 2:40 p.m.: A joint public health and air quality advisory has now been issued in Tuolumne County to notify the public of poor air quality conditions due to the Caldor and Washington Fires and other large wildfires burning in Northern California. The Tuolumne County Public Health Department and...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4) – Happy weekend! We have a dry weekend ahead for the state, but we will battle some bad air for the weekend!. Westerly winds continue to billow thicker plumes of smoke from California into Utah. We have visible impacts throughout Northern and Central Utah, with hazy skies on the Eastern and Southern borders of the state. Thicker concentrations of smoke will fluctuate statewide throughout the weekend and some areas like Cache Valley could see some brief clearing before smoke-filled skies return.

The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) is asking for the public’s help in expanding its air quality monitoring on the Central Coast. The APCD manages and operates regulatory monitors across the county to track air quality. The county also has a number of PurpleAir particulate matter sensors across the Central Coast that contribute to air quality tracking.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Shifting winds pulled a large plume of smoke from the raging Caldor and Monument wildfires over the San Francisco Bay Area Friday, casting a haze over the area, triggering a Spare the Air alert, and forcing the cancellation of youth sports games. The Monument Fire...

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Wildfires burning in Northern California are affecting the air quality in Bay Area neighborhoods once again. According to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Saturday marks the fourth Spare the Air alert of the year. "My voice sounds kind of scratchy," said Kathleen Peterson of Pleasanton.

Rather than COVID-19, it was wildfire smoke that wreaked havoc on the long-awaited opening weekend to the high school football season in the Bay Area. Marquee matchups featuring the region’s top four teams were all called off because of unhealthy air quality. Pittsburg superintendent Janet Schulze made the decision to...

COLORADO — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for Wildfire Smoke for north-central and northwestern Colorado. Affected areas include Moffat, Routt, Jackson, Rio Blanco, and Garfield Counties. Locations include, but are not limited to Craig, Steamboat Springs, Walden, Meeker, Rifle, and Glenwood Springs.

August 28, 2021 - The US Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program Smoke Outlook for the Dixie Fire for Saturday. Fire: The Dixie Fire is now 756,768 acres, an increase of 6,096 acres since yesterday, with 48% Containment. Active fire behavior and smoke production remains predominantly on the northern and southeastern perimeters of the Dixie Fire.

PLEASANTON, Calif. (KGO) -- Smoke from the wildfires in Northern California billowed the East Bay Friday as air quality rose to unhealthy levels. Numerous High School football games were postponed, but some other events still went on. Congressman Eric Swalwell held his first in-person town hall since the pandemic began....

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Poor air quality is causing concern among participants at the Santa Rosa Marathon this weekend. Thousands of people are signed up for two days of running: 5k and 10k races on Saturday and a half-marathon and full marathon on Sunday. "We're all running, we got our...

Right on the heels of a $30 million Series C round a few weeks ago, the company is radially expanding its product from air quality into the real-time detection of wildfire perimeters with its new product, Wildfire Tracker. The new product will take advantage of the company’s fusion of sensor...

Air quality index readings in some parts of the Sacramento region – including Placerville and other parts of the Sierra foothills – broached 1000 on Friday, according to AirNow, a level that’s so hazardous it falls off the edge of most scales. Wildfire smoke continues to drive up levels of...