issued the wood-burning bans via Spare the Air alerts on days earlier this week, but said the air quality will be better Friday during the Christmas holiday. Nevertheless, the burning of wood in ...

Air quality regulators banned indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of Southern California Monday through Friday due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ...

Air quality regulators on Sunday banned indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland on Christmas Day due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ...

But are the stoves bad for your health? Harry Wallop with his Christmas tree bases, which he uses as fuel for his wood burning stove Credit: Photo: Clara Molden There is possibly no more middle ...

on Christmas Day. Increased wood burning has been identified as the primary cause, according to Ted Lendis, planning manager for the Division of Air Quality within DES. "We’re asking people to ...

Dec. 26 due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban, which began at 12:01 a.m. Christmas Day, will be in effect until at least 11:59 p.m. Tuesday for all ...

People gathering around a fireplace for Christmas on Monday in the Bay Area were able to do so -- wood burning was discouraged but not banned by the air district for the day. First-time violators ...