Smoke is from central valley, central coast fires

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Smoke was visible covering the Hill on Wednesday morning.
Photo by Halie Wilson

Smoke wafting through the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa mountains Wednesday morning is coming from fires in the Sequoia and Los Padres National Forests, not a new, nearby fire, according to the Forest Services’s San Bernardino National Forest division.
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