FILE: The North Fork coursing through granite pools below Palisade Falls, which is visible at upper center, is part of the Palisades Creek Trail in Placer County.

Northern California is enjoying its Hollywood moment. In 2024, the Leonardo DiCaprio action-comedy “One Battle After Another” filmed in Humboldt County and in Sacramento bars, hotels and grocery stores. Now, as that picture shapes up to be an Oscar frontrunner, another major project is preparing to film in the region.

Ang Lee, the famed director of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Brokeback........

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