Spare the Air Alerts that ban the burning of wood will be in effect through Saturday in the Bay Area because of a forecast for high levels of pollution, regional air quality officials said.

The Bay Area Air District had previously issued an alert for Thursday and extended it through Saturday because of cold temperatures and offshore winds that have led to high levels of pollution in the region.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.