A Bay Area air quality advisory is in effect as health officials expect smoke from the Gifford Fire to move into the area Tuesday.
Bay Area residents may see hazy skies and smell smoke, but the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said it does not expect pollution levels to exceed federal 24-hour health limits.
Ground-level smoke intensity, however, is difficult to predict. The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s real-time smoke map shows clean air quality scores for much of the area, including San Francisco and Oakland…