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The 175-pound creature was relocated in the Angeles National Forest.

But in darker pockets of the region — the Angeles National Forest, Joshua Tree, and parts of the high desert — stargazers and photographers stood a better chance of watching the ribbons of color unfurl in the night sky.

Triggered by an intense geomagnetic storm, the northern lights made a rare visit to the Southland on Tuesday night, painting the skies above the Angeles National Forest in dazzling pink and purple hues.

Two to three inches of precipitation was expected in Blue Canyon in the Tahoe National Forest, Quincy in the Plumas National Forest and Sims in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

In Northern California, LaMalfa appears likely to run in one of two redesigned districts: One that stretches toward Mendocino National Forest and south toward Santa Rosa, or another that runs along the Oregon border and down the coast to the San Francisco Bay Area.