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| Jan.30 |
Richmond |
Firefighters battle toxic smoke from Richmond scrap metal fire
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| Dec.31 |
Bay Area |
Spare the Air alert issued for New Year’s Day The first day of 2018 will be the 17th Spare the Air day of the winter season. The air is staying dirty because of our parched December weat...
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| Dec.25 |
Bay Area |
Spare the Air notice extended because of stagnant air |
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| Dec.11 |
Bay Area |
Spare the Air alert in effect through Tuesday |
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| Nov.12 |
Highway 80 |
Big-rig crash spills fuel onto Eastbound I-80, snarling traffic |
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| Sep.1 |
San Francisco |
Russians face air quality citation for smoky chimney after told to shut down consulate
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| May.5 |
Benicia |
Refinery power failure causes flaring, smoke, evacuations 
Map of Valero Refinery Benicia| Plumes of black smoke are prompting the evacuation of a nearby industrial park and shelter-in-place orders at two elementary schools | |
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| Oct.8 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area sets record with 26th smog alert Saturday |
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| Sep.20 |
Vallejo |
Mystery odor in Vallejo prompts shelter-in-place Emergency Operation Center has been activated Tuesday night while crews investigate widespread reports on an odor
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| Jul.27 |
Bay Area |
Fourth Spare the Air alert in a row called for Bay Area| The fourth day in a row urban smog and smoke from the Soberanes wildfire are expected to produce unhealthy air | |
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| Jul.26 |
San Jose |
Soberanes Fire affects Bay Area air quality 
Crews are battling a wildfire burning north of Big Sur in Monterey County that has grown to over 23,500 acres Tuesday
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| Jul.14 |
Bay Area |
Friday is third Spare the Air day in a row |
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| Jun.2 |
Bay Area |
Spare the Air alert called for Friday |
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| May.4 |
South San Jose |
Hazmat situation prompts temporary closure of San Jose health center |
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| Aug.15 |
Bay Area |
Residents Smelling Smoke From Northern Wildfires | Police and fire departments from across the Bay Area were inundated with 911 calls, with people saying they were smelling and seeing smoke | |
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| Jul.28 |
Bay Area |
Spare the Air Alert called for Tuesday and Wednesday |
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| Apr.9 |
Oakland Hills |
Birds die after cement flow into creek
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| Jan.11 |
Bay Area |
11th in a row Winter Spare the Air Alert in effect This is the eleventh alert in a row, and the seventeenth alert overall for the season
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| Sep.21 |
Fishermans Wharf |
WWII-era ship leaks fuel into San Francisco Bay at Fisherman’s Wharf
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| Jul.14 |
San Rafael |
Tanker overturned and spilled fuel onto roadway Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in San Rafael is closed in both directions near San Quentin State Prison this morning
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| May.13 |
Bay Area |
Spare the Air Alert for today and tomorrow |
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| Dec.12 |
Bay Area |
Record streak continues for Winter Spare the Air Alerts We're on our fifth Spare the Air night in a row. This is a first for the Bay Area and we could have another Spare the Air Alert issued for T...
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| Nov.10 |
Redwood City |
Redwood City fire sends smoke over wide area
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| Oct.4 |
Bay Area |
Solano County grass fire prompts Bay Area smoke advisory
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| Aug.25 |
San Francisco |
SF water, power supply remain safe as Rim Fire grows
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| Aug.9 |
Bay Area |
Heat wave, unhealthy air quality hits Bay Area
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| Aug.8 |
Richmond |
'Flare up' causes more alarm at Chevron refinery |
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| Aug.7 |
Richmond |
Refinery fire out, shelter order lifted
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| Dec.11 |
UC Berkeley |
1,700-gallon fuel spill into creek A 1,711-gallon diesel fuel spill on Saturday night washed from an underground tank into Strawberry Creek and possibly beyond
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| Dec.6 |
Bay Area |
Winter's first spare-the-air alert |
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| Sep.20 |
Bay Area |
Second straight Spare the Air declared
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| Aug.2 |
San Bruno |
PG&E identifies mystery odor during check |
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| Mar.18 |
UC Berkeley |
Harmless traces of radiation detected
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| Dec.24 |
Marin County |
Up to 3M gallons leaked to Marin creek County officials are tripling their estimate of how much sewage leaked into Corte Madera Creek over the past week
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| Nov.10 |
Martinez |
Refinery sending thick smoke into air |
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| Oct.23 |
Rodeo |
ConocoPhillips tries to shut down refinery |
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| Aug.22 |
Bay Area |
First Spare The Air Alert Issued The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued its first smog alert of this summer. Air quality on Monday is expected to be unhealthy
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| Jul.30 |
Berkeley |
Activists Protest BP, Gulf Oil Spill |
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| Jul.3 |
San Jose |
Warehouse Fire Prompts Shelter-In-Place |
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| Jun.15 |
SF City Hall |
Cell Phone Radiation Law Gets OK |
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| Mar.27 |
Caltrain |
Train Horns Not To Loud On Peninsula |
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| Feb.25 |
Sebastopol |
Safety concerns over PG&E SmartMeters |
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| Feb.19 |
San Francisco |
Operators Of Ship In Bay Spill Fined $10M |
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| Feb.17 |
Napa |
PG&E soil tests to force tenants to move
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| Jan.9 |
Bay Area |
Spare The Air Day Declared For Sunday |
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| Dec.24 |
Bay Area |
No Fires For Xmas; Spare The Air Alert |
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| Nov.25 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area Officials Issue Air Quality Alert |
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| Nov.1 |
Alameda |
More Oiled Wildlife Found After Bay Spill |
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| Oct.31 |
Bay |
Coast Guard Scoops Up Oil In SF Bay |
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| Oct.30 |
Bay |
Tanker Spills Oil Into San Francisco Bay U.S. Coast Guard crews were responding to an oil spill from the Dubai Star tanker anchored in the San Francisco Bay
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| Aug.28 |
South SF |
Ammonia leak. Thousands evacuated
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| Aug.13 |
San Francisco |
Filthy power plant to close |
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| Jul.17 |
San Francisco |
Pilot In SF Bay Spill: 10 Months In Prison John Cota, 61, of Petaluma, was sentenced in federal court to 10 months in prison for his role in a spill of more than 53,000 gallons
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| Jul.2 |
Richmond |
Chevron expansion on hold |
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| May.30 |
Dublin |
Evacuated Residents Return After Spill |
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| May.16 |
Bay Area |
Spare The Air Alert For 2nd Day In A Row |
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| Feb.25 |
Richmond |
Sewage Spill Prompts Warning |
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SF City Hall |
S.F. pushes PG&E on bay sediment probe |
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| Feb.21 |
Sausalito |
Marin authorities lift sewage spill advisory |
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| Feb.17 |
Sausalito |
Sewage Spilling Into SF Bay Map of Fort Baker Sausalito Partially treated sewage was spilling at least 36,000 gallons. A defective pipe joint is responsible for the incident
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| Jun.26 |
Bay Area |
Smoke Invades Bay Area Smoke from the hundreds of wildfires burning throughout N. California made the sun appear pink as it rose and has caused health concerns
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| Jun.14 |
Marin County |
Beach opens after Cosco residue cean-up |
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| Jun.7 |
Richmond |
City caps 'drty' crude at Chevron refinery |
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| May.14 |
Martinez |
Tugboat Crash Causes Minor Fuel Spill
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| May.6 |
Richmond |
Fish, Birds Dead After Chemical Spill
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Richmond |
Chemical Spill Reaches San Pablo Bay |
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| May.5 |
Richmond |
Shelter-in-place after chemical leak |
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| Mar.29 |
San Francisco |
City to go dark for Earth Hour |
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| Feb.10 |
Marin County |
More Dead Birds Along Richardson Bay
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| Feb.9 |
Marin County |
Dead birds washing up on Richardson Bay 65 birds have shown up dead including about a dozen yesterday. Many suspect that two recent sewage spills may be to blame
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| Feb.2 |
Mill Valley |
Waters near Bay sewage spill contaminated |
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Livermore Lab |
Delay in notifying workers about exposure |
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Mill Valley |
3 Million Gallons Of Sewage Spills Into Bay| Nearly 3 million gallons of partially treated sewage and storm water spilled into an arm of the SF Bay from a water treatment plant | |
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| Jan.29 |
Highway 101 |
Gas Spill Closes Hwy.101 Both Ways All northbound and southbound lanes were blocked due to gasoline leaking from a big rig onto the roadway, a virtual standstill on the Penins...
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| Jan.28 |
Half Moon Bay |
Oil washed up on beaches |
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| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
Crews working to contain spill |
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| Dec.6 |
San Francisco |
Test in S.F. finds lead in lots of toys |
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| Nov.20 |
San Francisco |
Fishermen File Class-Action Suit In Spill |
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| Nov.19 |
San Francisco |
Lawmakers not satisfied with spill response
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| Nov.17 |
Pacifica |
Beaches reopen as spill cleanup continues |
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| Nov.12 |
San Francisco |
Oil spill cleanup moves from water to land
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| Nov.11 |
San Francisco |
Feinstein: Spill should not have happened |
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| Nov.10 |
San Francisco |
Coast Guard Doubles Clean Up Effort |
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| Nov.9 |
San Francisco |
Pilot of SF Bay oil ship spill investigated |
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San Francisco |
Multipart cleanup effort continued
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| Nov.8 |
San Francisco |
Growing Oil Spill Closes Bay Beaches Coast Guard crews spent the night working on cleaning up 58,000 gallons of oil that spilled into the bay after a container ship bumped the Bay Bridge
| The oil spill has prompted the closures of at least 7 beaches, including Fort Point, Baker Beach, China Beach, Crissy Field, Rodeo Beach, Black Sand and Kirby Cove. The Coast Guard characterized the spill as a 'medium sized' and 'not too difficult to clean up'
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| Nov.7 |
Bay Bridge |
Fuel spilled into Bay after ship crash The collision, blamed on low visibility due to dense fog, knocked a 100-foot section of the fender that protects the tower
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| Oct.29 |
San Francisco |
Groups sue over 'mothball fleet' pollution |
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| Oct.5 |
San Jose City Hall |
SJ To Unveil Green Vision For City |
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| Sep.6 |
Bay Area |
Plumas Fire Causes Hazy Bay Area Sky The fires in Santa Clara County and in Plumas County produced large amounts of smoke and ash
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| Aug.30 |
San Francisco |
Rising Temps Spark 2nd 'Spare The Air' |
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| Jul.31 |
Martinez |
Massive Chemical Cleanup Far From Over |
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| Jul.11 |
Alameda County |
Trash Pileup Poses Serious Health Risk |
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| Jun.6 |
San Jose City Hall |
City to cut greenhouse gases by 25% |
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| Apr.10 |
San Jose |
Hazmat Spill At Plant Spurs Evacuations |
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| Jan.16 |
Highway 880 |
Big Rig Cleared After Fructose Spill |
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| Jan.15 |
Richmond |
Oil Fire Injures 1; Shelter-In-Place
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| Nov.13 |
San Francisco |
Sewage Spews Onto Streets Along Beach |
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| Aug.20 |
Highway 4 |
Big rig crash made fuel spill |
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| Aug.9 |
San Francisco |
Drill Replicate Boat Crash, Oil Spill
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| Jul.19 |
San Francisco |
Temps Trigger Spare The Air Day |
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| Jun.26 |
BART |
'Spare The Air Day' Means Free Commute |
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| Jun.22 |
BART |
Free Commutes 2 Days For Spare The Air
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| Jun.6 |
East Palo Alto |
Shelter-In-Place |
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| May.15 |
SF Bayview |
PG&E Shuts Down Old Power Plant
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| Jan.7 |
Martinez |
Oil spill at Boat Marina |
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| Aug.18 |
Highway 101 |
Huge Chemical Spill on I-101 |
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| Jun.5 |
SF Downtown |
Al Gore: Global Warming a Real Threat |
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| Oct.12 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area Skies Filled with Smoke and Haze
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| Sep.22 |
Oakland |
Complains About Tap Water |
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| Sep.17 |
Redwood City |
Chemical Release in Grocery Store |
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| Jul.5 |
Martinez |
Burn Off from Refinery Clouds Skies |
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| May.26 |
Half Moon Bay |
1,000 gallons of gasoline spilled
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| Apr.29 |
East Contra Costa |
Diesel pipeline spill fouls marsh
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| Jul.29 |
Oakland Downtown |
Fire Station Shut Down in Dispute |
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| Jul.17 |
Pittsburg |
Train pulling chemicals derails |
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| Apr.15 |
Pacifica |
Water Main Break, Possible Contamination |
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| Jan.26 |
Martinez |
Sulfur gas release |
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| Nov.29 |
Richmond |
Chemical released from plant Shelter-in-place ordered after sulfur trioxide was released from General Chemical Corp.
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| Oct.17 |
Martinez |
Cloud over refinery
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