A former chancery built in 1919 lists on D.C.'s Embassy Row for $9.5 million with eight bedrooms, ballrooms, and a pool house ...

The eight-acre oceanfront property where the "All About Eve" star lived with her fourth and final husband Gary Merrill during ...

Wood burning means tradeoffs, though—for air quality, public health and the climate. ... Credit: Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images.

Despite the cosy images, many will argue they are a major source of air pollution - particularly airborne particles under 2.5 microns in size - otherwise known as PM 2.5.

Mountain communities above 3,000-feet elevation, the Coachella Valley and the high desert are exempt from the ban, along with homes that rely on wood as the sole source of heat, low-income ...

The ban on burning wood began Christmas Day and was extended Thursday until 11:59 p.m. Friday, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

Rawf8 Getty Images/iStockphoto. ... “Wood burning in the winter causes over 50 percent of the fine particle pollution in Sacramento County,” Sac Metro Air District wrote in a statement.