Meanwhile, the Oakland Unified School District is instituting its poor air quality day protocols. "We're both really sensitive to the smell, I currently can get headaches, Maddie here has a hard time with breathing, it definitely provides a lot of discomfort," she said. "With the wind, we're seeing that the smell hasn't stayed so stagnant but we can see it in the air, it's very thick with the clouds," Summer Cunningham, a Fairyland volunteer said.Ĭunningham said she kept her mask on the whole time. Up until that point, they were offering masks to guests as they entered. Minutes away, Children's Fairyland, making a similar decision to close its gates early at 1 p.m. "When we're inside the classrooms, we like ventilation with all of the windows open to stop the spread of illness, when we have this bad air quality, we have to have everything shut down, and air filters running, but when it reaches the point of red, it's do we stay inside and maybe pass illnesses or do we try to have early pickups and really just keep everyone safe?" Long said. This happened when the Air Quality Index hit 150. "And they were only able to play for about two hours before we had to send them home early," Stephanie Long, Interim Head of School at The Lake School said. In the East Bay, schools and businesses are making adjustments amid poor air quality conditions. The Lake School, a preschool near Oakland's Lake Merritt, made the difficult choice to close early, calling for the early pickup of around 40 kids. East Bay businesses, schools make adjustments amid poor air quality In San Jose, you could see the haze across the skies - but there were no significant delays for flights. The horizon - as expected - was filled with smoke. Wednesday morning, the smoke created a golden hue in Palo Alto. The smoke from Tuesday really got to him.Īl Contreras says his son and 100 other kids with the Redwood City 49ers are going through regular practice this Wednesday night despite the smoky skies. Pickleball player Ben Phillippi decided to take the extra step and mask up during his match. Woodworth says the smoke seemed worse on Tuesday. But everyone seems pretty comfortable," said organizer Brandon Council.Ī few miles away, at Red Morton Park, also in Redwood City, soccer practice was canceled for Austin Woodworth's 7-year-old daughter. The five-day event runs through Sunday even in spite of how smoky it is outside. Hundreds of people are enjoying Oktoberfest in downtown Redwood City tonight. In the South Bay, the lingering effects canceled some sports practices but didn't stop everyone from spending time outside. Maybe because I had the mask on," said Phillippi. "The less we are inhaling this during these big fires, the better it will be for us." "These will prevent and reduce the amount of these small fine particles that you're inhaling, and this will make it so that it's less likely you get these symptoms, acute symptoms, almost allergy-like, or just trouble breathing and in the long term," Dr.
MORE: Track wildfires across San Francisco Bay Area, other parts of California with this interactive map Stanford University infectious disease researcher and physician Dr. High winds are causing a Fire Weather Watch and could possibly force PG&E shutoffs.Įxperts say if you need to, stay indoors and keep your windows closed if possible or seek out a cooling center.Īnyone who smells smoke is advised to stay inside with windows and doors closed and to set air conditioning units and car vent systems to re-circulate to stop outside air from coming inside, according to the air district. Seeing or smelling smoke? Well, it's from wildfires burning in Northern California and Oregon.