Smoke from the Camp Fire wafts across San Francisco's Financial District during November 2018. An American Lung Association report found the Bay Area had one of the nation's highest pollution levels from 2016-18. (Photo by Thomas Hawk/Flickr)

The San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland region had the fifth-highest annual particle pollution in the country from 2016 to 2018, according to a report released this week by the American Lung Association.

The organization’s annual State of the Air report examines ozone and particulate pollution in cities and major metro areas across the country.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.