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Here's Your Current Air Quality Report for the Bay Area, Updated Hourly
Unhealthy Air Blankets the Bay Area
Unhealthy air quality will persist through next week, leading the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to extend the current Spare the Air alert.

Smoke from the Camp Fire in Butte County — now the deadliest blaze in California history — has continued to blanket the Bay Area and led most schools to close while other school districts have kept children inside.

If you can't stay inside, officials recommend wearing an N95 respirator mask to keep dangerous microscopic particles from getting into your lungs.

Follow KQED's ongoing wildfire coverage for the latest news.
Rising Heat Is Making Workers Sick, Even Indoors
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KQED used sensors to measure how hot it gets for 16 people on the job in the Sacramento Valley, the Inland Empire and Los Angeles. The results showed that conditions were often dangerous to workers' health.
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ICYMI: Why California's Best Strategy Against Wildfire Is Hardly Ever Used
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Experts say it's possible to avoid catastrophic harm to human and forest health by setting planned burns before human error, lightning or arson choose when fires start. But it's easier said than done.
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How Climate Change Helped Create California's 'Fire Siege'
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Scientist Daniel Swain says climate change is a "threat multiplierz," creating conditions that will lead to more large, fast-moving and dangerous wildfires.

KQED's Forum discussed the multiyear fire siege with Swain and Craig Miller, KQED Science editor.
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NASA InSIGHT Spacecraft Set to Land on Mars Nov. 26
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The spacecraft's upcoming entry, descent and landing is a rare opportunity to witness a hair-raising plunge into unexplored extraterrestrial territory.
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