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‘Firefall’ returns to Yosemite, and it’s a spectacular sight

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For a few days in mid-February, if the water is running and the sky is clear, dusk injects Horsetail Fall in Yosemite with the brilliance of molten lava in a phenomenon called “Firefall.” The setting sun turns the waterfall an igneous gold and orange as it tumbles 1,500 feet down the eastern edge…

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‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett turns himself in to face charge

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By DON BABWIN CHICAGO — “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett turned himself in early Thursday to face accusations that he filed a false police report when he told authorities he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck, police said. Smollett turned himself in…

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Anaheim resident appears in semifinals of Dwayne Johnson’s “Titan Games” Thursday on NBC

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Kara Lazauskas, left, leads students at Community Charter Early College in a group high-five Wednesday. Lazauskas, who was on hand to help motivate students, will compete in the semifinals on Dwayne JohnsonÕs ÔTitan GamesÕ Thursday. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Kara Lazauskas motivates students during their workout period at Community Charter Early…

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Why cities, counties may turn to the state political watchdog to enforce local campaign finance issues

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Cities and counties across California are reaching out to the state’s political watchdog about possibly enforcing their campaign finance and ethics ordinances under a new law that took effect on Jan. 1. The law, modeled after an arrangement San Bernardino County has had with the California Fair Political Practices Commission since 2013, essentially allows local agencies…