Northern Californians are you dying from all the smoke from the Yosemite and Forest Hill fires?

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I haven’t noticed much in the Bay Area, but I’m going to be going to Sacramento tomorrow and I know that the smoke often gathers in the valley. I really hope Yosemite Valley isn’t threatened…

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