Read more South Coast Air Quality Management stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2473/south-coast-air-quality-management.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 23:06:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21063/socal-bans-wood-burning-on-bad-air-days.htmlKatherine Thompson<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=81802&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401020725' border='0' />Officials in charge of air quality in Los Angeles and surrounding counties have banned the use of wood-burning fireplaces during certain high-pollution days. The fines would only be levied on about two dozen winter days, and wouldn't affect gas fireplaces, wood-burning ovens in restaurants, or homes above 3,000 feet,...Los Angeles sit under a blanket of smog in this Jan. 14, 2000, file photo. Pollution standards are too weak to protect people from the air they breathe, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson declared, Thursday, June 21, 2007. California officials added wood fires to the list of regulated polluters yesterday, imposing limits on their use during certain winter days. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)http://www.newser.com/story/21063/socal-bans-wood-burning-on-bad-air-days.htmlSat, 08 Mar 2008 08:08:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/2736/so-cal-may-ban-wood-burning-fireplaces.htmlDustin Lushing<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=6500&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401034835' border='0' />Southern Californians will be roasting their chestnuts in the oven if an air pollution plan is passed that would ban fireplaces in all new homes and prohibit wood-fueled blazes for as many as 20 days every winter. The regulations, proposed by South Coast Air Quality Management, seeks to clean up...http://www.newser.com/story/2736/so-cal-may-ban-wood-burning-fireplaces.htmlFri, 01 Jun 2007 17:25:34 CDT