A Spare the Air Alert for the Bay Area has been extended into Saturday as smoke from the Woodside Fire in Sonoma County is expected to continue causing poor air quality across the region.

The North Bay region will likely be impacted the most by wildfire smoke, with air quality expected to be in the range of unhealthy to very unhealthy for sensitive groups, especially in Sonoma County, according to the Bay Area Air District.

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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.