A Spare the Air alert has been extended through Monday amid worsening Bay Area air quality and an extreme heat wave.
Bay Area residents are being asked to stay indoors and reduce their energy consumption amid a state-wide heat wave that is straining California’s energy grid and worsening local air quality.
Officials have extended a Spare the Air alert through Monday as extreme heat combined with vehicle emissions and light winds are expected to create unhealthy levels of smog accumulation. “An extreme heat wave combined with Labor Day holiday traffic is a recipe for unhealthy smog,” Sharon Landers, interim executive officer of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said in a statement. “Help reduce air pollution by taking transit and limiting driving to protect the health of all Bay Area residents.”
On Saturday, air quality reached levels that are unhealthy for sensitive people in Antioch, Concord and San Jose, while regions closer to the coasts are seeing moderate air quality, according to a
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