{"id":2190,"date":"1996-06-01T18:52:12","date_gmt":"1996-06-01T18:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/huell-howser-archives\/1996\/01\/08\/firewall-californias-gold-706\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:35:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:35:43","slug":"firewall-californias-gold-706","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/huell-howser-archives\/1996\/06\/01\/firewall-californias-gold-706\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefall &#8211; California&#039;s Gold (706)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A shout echoes through Yosemite&#8230; &#8220;Let the Fire fall,&#8221; and from 1872 to 1969 that&#8217;s just what happened. Join Huell at the top of Glacier Point with Nic Fiore who was the last to push a pile of burning embers off the edge, creating the beautiful red hot &#8220;waterfall&#8221; effect know as Firefall. 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