Here’s why you may have a scratchy throat in the Bay Area right now

Here’s why you may have a scratchy throat in the Bay Area right now

If you woke up with a scratchy throat in the Bay Area this morning, smoke in the air might be to blame.  Poor air quality, likely the result of smoke from fireplaces and wood stoves, led officials to issue a Spare the Air alert on Tuesday. Residents are urged to stay indoors while the alert is … Read more

Here’s why you may have a scratchy throat the day after Christmas

Here’s why you may have a scratchy throat in the Bay Area right now

If you woke up with a scratchy throat in the Bay Area this morning, smoke in the air might be to blame.  Poor air quality, likely the result of smoke from fireplaces and wood stoves, led officials to issue a Spare the Air alert on Tuesday. Residents are urged to stay indoors while the alert is … Read more

What’s causing the extremely thick fog across the SF Bay Area?

What’s causing the extremely thick fog across the SF Bay Area?

FILE – Fog blankets San Francisco with the top of Sutro Tower breaking through the clouds. Ian Montgomery / EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm Fog blanketed parts of the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday night and the cloud cover is expected to thicken and spread through the night and into Tuesday morning.  With the fog making some … Read more

Here are the next windows for rain in the SF Bay Area

Here are the next windows for rain in the SF Bay Area

It’s on its way, forecasters said Wednesday morning. Two areas of low pressure off the coast of the Golden State are expected to send a heavy band of rain to the Bay Area Wednesday afternoon. “The boundary should arrive sometime this afternoon and continue until the early afternoon with post-frontal rain showers in wake of the … Read more

‘Few rounds of rain’ coming to SF Bay Area

‘Few rounds of rain’ coming to SF Bay Area

FILE – Pedestrians walk with umbrellas in downtown San Francisco, during a rainstorm on Tuesday, March 28, 2023.  Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE The San Francisco Bay Area is expected to see a “few rounds of rain” in coming days, the National Weather Service said.  The first round of rain is forecast to start Saturday night across the … Read more