Jessica aguirre. Off awe i im raj mathai. Chevron said it is normal procedure. That did nothing to comfort People Living nearby. Amazing dramatic sight. North of Richmond San Rafael bridge. Jean elle is there. Chevron is saying it routine . Chevron saying we may see more flaring as it works to shut down the unit. Right now seeing steam rising from the facility. County Officials Say there are elevated levels of particulate matter being picked up by ground monitoring. Levels are not high enough for shelter in place order. People who live nearby are uneasy. Well there is no way in the world there its nothing harmful. Deal with chemicals every day. Jim is concerned about the flames out of the stacks at chevron refinery in richmond. No alarms went off. That was kind of strange. Youve know . Should have been a warning. Reporter on twitter, 7 30, chevron said there was visible flaring to allow for depressuring, flaring is part of refinery operations. Later, chevron says the flare enables them
Here are the complaints they received on the website. You people make me sick. It is christmas, people light fires. You socialist, you want to control everyone. Followed by an expletive. People are frustrated and angry and feel like it is a tradition but people need to breathe. Martha greases. If you go out there and try to do the walking and exercise, i am having a hard time broething. We need to spare the air. Dramatic drop in fireplace. They are gathering dust and no one is buying. And in south San Francisco, gas fireplaces are hot sellers at warm solutions. Gas inserts are the way people are going now. People are afraid to make an investment in wood burning because of the spare the air days. Gas fireplaces can run from 3 5,000. It is a 100 fine and 500 bucks if it happens again. In San Francisco, abc seven news. Nmeteorologist sandy pateleis live with the dopson. How bad is the air looking. It is in a moment unhealthy air. And live dopson hd is tracking clear skies right now and em
Logs and stop roasting chestnuts. No more open fires. Spare the air day declared for Christmas Day. Good evening. I am carolyn johnson. And i am dan ashley. A fire in the fireplace is a christmas tradition. But air quality officials told us not to burn and the hazy sunset is y. There is a spare the air alert tonight and tomorrow, Christmas Day and not everyone is happy about it. They are live in San Francisco with the not so jolie story. Reporter thats right, dan. It will not be a White Christmas but it will be a smoggy one. It is a hazy shade of winter that hung over the region today. Because of that spare the air alerts are held for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. And to that, many say bah humbug. We give the gift of clean air. It is a smoggy day. Air quality Officials Say dont even think of using your fireplace. Spare the air alert system called. We have no wind or rain and it is capping all of our bad air quality and keeping it here in the bay area. Everyone wants clean air but br
Air Quality Management district is playing grinch, extending a spare the air alert through tomorrow. And not everyone is very happy about it. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard has the not so jolly story. Its important for everyones health that we give the gift of clean air this season. Reporter its a very smoggy holiday across the bay area. Air quality Officials Say dont even think of using your fireplace Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Spare the air alerts have been called. We have no wind. We have no rain. And unfortunately, its just capping all of our bad air quality and keeping it right here in the bay area. Everyone wants clean air, but breaking tradition without a fire on christmas is a tough sell. Its christmas. We have a bunch of clean air regulations. We could let that slide of all things. Reporter air quality officials get a lot of complaints. Here are just a few they have received on their website. You people make me sick. Its christmas. People light fires. And there is th