{"id":245005,"date":"2026-07-16T16:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/245005\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:56:08","slug":"bethlehem-pools-closed-thursday-amid-air-quality-issues-bethlehem-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/245005\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem pools closed Thursday, amid air quality issues | Bethlehem Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; Bethlehem says all city pools will be closed Thursday, as the Lehigh Valley faces air quality issues due to smoke from wildfires in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Lessons will be rescheduled for Friday morning, Bethlehem Recreation said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s Health Department noted in a Facebook post that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection declared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/weather\/dep-issues-code-red-air-quality-alert-statewide-for-thursday-due-to-particulate-matter-levels\/article_e5e3d562-bd8e-4fdb-b4d3-ea88cd34d68f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Code Red Air Quality Action Day<\/a> for fine particulate matter Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A Code Red means the air is unhealthy for everyone, the city says.<\/p>\n<p>To protect your health, the city\u2019s Health Department says to:<\/p>\n<p>Limit prolonged or strenuous outdoor activities.<\/p>\n<p>Children, older adults, and individuals with asthma, heart disease, or other respiratory conditions should avoid extended time outdoors and consider moving activities indoors.<\/p>\n<p>Keep windows closed if possible and use air conditioning on recirculate if available.<\/p>\n<p>You can also help reduce air pollution today by:<\/p>\n<p>Avoiding the use of gas-powered lawn and garden equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Refraining from burning leaves, trash, or other materials.<\/p>\n<p>Limit vehicle idling by turning off the engine when parked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; Bethlehem says all city pools will be closed Thursday, as the Lehigh Valley faces air&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,153,155,154,1391],"class_list":["post-245005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-bethlehem-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}