(CBS SF) -- Bay Area air quality regulators are looking to phase out the traditional fireplace and forcing homeowners to swap out their wood-burning devices before selling or renting. The Bay Area Air ...

From cavemen huddling around a fire for warmth and safety to family and friends gathering for a festive event, fires and fireplaces have played a special role in human life. Wood has traditionally ...

On these chilly winter nights, it’s nice to warm one’s frosty tootsies by the fire. But if you don’t have a fireplace, here are some public-access “hot spots” around the Bay Area and beyond, in pubs, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As fireplaces heat up for the holiday season, some could experience the equivalent of the bad air the Bay Area saw during the recent wildfires. That has some people rethinking ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Bay Area residents in areas highly affected by wood smoke and air pollution now can get funds to replace their wood-burning fireplaces or stoves with cleaner heating options, air ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area homeowners took only hours Friday to snap up $3 million in rebates to replace wood burning fireplaces with cleaner heating devices. The region’s air pollution agency starting ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Scorching public opposition has sunk a proposal to phase out old-fashioned wood-burning fireplaces in Bay Area homes. The rule proposed earlier this year by the Bay Area Air Quality ...

The term “home and hearth” evokes in many a vision of rosy-cheeked children snuggling with their families by a crackling fire, but proposed air pollution regulations may soon banish traditional ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Starting Friday, Bay Area homeowners can apply to receive $750 to $12,000 in rebates to replace wood-burning fireplaces or stoves with cleaner gas or electric heating devices such as ...