Smoke drifting south from the Sites Fire in Colusa County has prompted Bay Area regulators to extend an air quality advisory through Thursday.
The fire started Monday, has burned nearly 16,000 acres and is only about 5 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.
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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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