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Drought and Warm Temperatures Cause Unusual Spike in San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution

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The San Joaquin Valley is seeing a spike in dangerously high levels of air pollution…unusual for this time of year. Air quality officials say the drought is partly to blame.

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