Fireworks light up the sky in an undated photo. (Jon Sullivan via Bay City News)

A Spare the Air Alert will be in place for New Year’s Day in the Bay Area, the third alert of the winter season. 

The upcoming alert was announced Tuesday by the Bay Area Air District ahead of an expected increase in air pollution levels over the New Year’s holiday due to fireworks and wood burning. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.