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COVID and wildfire smoke put twindemic pressure on California, West Coast college students – USA TODAY
Air quality that’s been the worst in the world means California college students can’t party outside – and they can’t gather indoors because of COVID.

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Fall weekends in Berkeley, California, have passed in a more subdued manner than years past.
Where throngs of college students once partied raucously, sororities and fraternities now are dark and quiet. Around the University of California’s campus, it’s clear school is underway. But where is everyone?
Most students have been staying inside for weeks.
Like much of Californ…
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