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Smoke from the massive wildfires in In Northern California is now reaching the San Francisco Peninsula, prompting an alert from public officials on Saturday morning.
San Mateo County sent an alert at about 9:15 a.m. advising residents that smoke from the fires was coming through the county and was in Pacifica. No fires are in the county, the message noted.
By 10:15 a.m. a haze was blanketing the Bay Area including parts of Santa Clara County. It is currently obscuring views of the Santa Cruz Mountains and mountains east across San Francisco Bay. Visibility was about five miles.
The smoke is coming from a series of fires west and south of Redding. Updated smoke maps can be found here.
