Bay Area continues to be affected by haze and poor air quality from wildfires burning in the north.
, new mom Clarrissa Pulido wasted no time getting her 4-month-old daughter Aubriella out of the elements and into the family car. The enemy she feared was literally everywhere.
"We try to stay inside. The other day air quality index was over 150 at one point. So we decided just to stay inside; have the air conditioner running," she said. The bad actor that has some South Bay residents hunkered indoors is visible from the higher vantage point of the East Foothills: A haze hangs over Downtown San Jose and beyond, as smoke from"Most of the smoke is in the lowest layer, about a thousand feet deep. And that’s why you can’t see anything in the Bay Area right now. Because all that smoke is concentrated pretty close to the surface. It’s also the reason AQI is through the roof," said Dr.
Some school districts continue to limit students' outdoor exposure, by moving activities indoors – or canceling them altogether. "We’ve been informing our staff to keep windows closed in classrooms…keep their air filters on high…make sure that they are keeping anybody who’s really sensitive to air pollution – maybe people with asthma – inside," said John Sasaki, a spokesman for the
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