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Spare the Air Alert Extended Through Sunday; Regional Air Quality Advisory to Go Into Effect Monday

With wildfire smoke still filling the Bay Area skies, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) has extended the Spare the Air Alert through today, which was originally set to expire Saturday.

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Onshore Wind Pattern to Improve Bay Area Air Quality Conditions Sunday

A strong wind pattern is expected to roll into the Bay Area later this evening from the Pacific, pushing away wildfire smoke pollutants and enhancing air quality throughout the region.

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Editor's Inbox: Spare the Air Ruins San Carlos Man's Christmas

Stubborn big-government naysayers, listen up: when Spare the Air says do not burn Duraflame logs, the mean do not burn Duraflame logs. Take, for example, Mike, a reader from San Carlos, who