By CAROLYN JONES of CalMatters, MEGAN TAGAMI of Honolulu Civil Beat and SHARON LURYE of The Associated Press

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Nearly seven years after Paradise was ravaged by wildfire , the foothill town smells like pine trees again. New homes are sprouting up on once-scorched lots. Construction trucks rumble through neighborhoods. An ice cream shop recently opened around the corner from the newly rebuilt high school.

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