For many immigrants fleeing wildfires and smoke-choked air, shelter is the beach
by Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times
Oct 14, 2017
2 minutes
BODEGA BAY, Calif. - Patty Ginochio saw the long line of headlights arriving in the early-morning gloom.
When day broke, four hours later, the beaches of this coastal town straddling Highway 1 teemed with refugees fleeing the wildfires that had destroyed thousands of homes and killed dozens of people.
Many of the arrivals were immigrants, who huddled together and spoke their worries in Spanish.
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