The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is calling on the region’s residents to forgo burning wood in their fireplaces and wood stoves during New Year’s weekend to prevent air pollution.

While air quality is not expected to be poor during the New Year’s holiday weekend and the district has not issued a Spare the Air alert, the district is still discouraging wood burning to prevent poor indoor and outdoor air quality.

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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.