PERRIS, CALIF. -- It was the end of October and all over Southern California, the air was filled with smoke from fires that ringed the south state's metropolitan areas like enemies at the gates. The sky was obscured and some workers wore dust masks while they toiled outside. But in the Riverside County town of Perris, there was a wind-whipped patch of blue. And at the southeastern edge of town, there was a celebration, although te
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