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2012 Starts Off With A Cough And A Spare the Air Whimper

If you woke up to 2012 with your mouth tasting like an ashtray, as we're sure many of you did, you can take some solace in knowing it wasn't

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Wood Burning Officially Banned on Christmas Eve

Sorry, folks: tomorrow, December 24th has been declared yet another winter Spare the Air Alert by the air quality misers at the BAAQMD. By now, you ought to know the drill: no solid

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Stagnant Winter Weather Threatens To Ruin Christmas [Spare The Air]

Another windless December day means another Winter Spare the Air Alert declared for today, Wednesday the 21st. That brings our tally to eight days without solid fuel burning this season, and as we

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Stubborn Weather Pattern Is Choking Us To Death [Spare the Air]

Thanks to a "stubborn weather pattern", the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has declared today, Monday December 19th, as the seventh Spare the Air day of the winter season. Seven