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6 years since San Francisco Bay Area's apocalyptic orange skies
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 6:22PM
Six years ago on September 9, 2020, the San Francisco Bay Area saw apocalyptic orange skies due to smoke from Northern California wildfires.
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