201905.07
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Does attorney Michael Avenatti need a public defender in Orange County case?

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SANTA ANA — Attorney Michael Avenatti is scheduled to appear in a Santa Ana federal courtroom Tuesday to discuss his legal representation in his Orange County criminal case. Federal prosecutors on Monday asked a federal judge to appoint a lawyer for Avenatti after he signaled he may change legal representation. He is facing charges of…

201905.07
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‘Star Wars Canyon’: How I got the story

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Some stories land on your lap the way a paper plane makes a graceful landing on the ground. That was the case with “Star Wars Canyon.” My colleague Irfan Khan, a photojournalist at The Times, pitched the story — about a place in Death Valley National Park where the fighter-jet-obsessed gather in…

201905.07
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A war is brewing over lithium mining at the edge of Death Valley

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A small Cessna soared high above the Mojave Desert recently, its engine growling in the choppy morning air. As the aircraft skirted the mountains on the edge of Death Valley National Park, a clutch of passengers and environmentalists peered intently at a broiling salt flat thousands of feet below. …

201905.06
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Goodwill bigwigs get their hands dirty to build a connection with store employees

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Nicole Suydam, president and CEO of Goodwill of Orange County, high-fives Olivia Miranda, 5, at the Santa Ana store on Monday, May 6, 2019. Eddie Blancas, assistant store manager looks on during National Goodwill Industries Week. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Nicole Suydam, president and CEO of Goodwill of Orange County, gives rings…

201905.06
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City/county spat halts work on 600-bed Santa Ana homeless shelter

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About a month ago, Orange County and Santa Ana officials stood in a federal courtroom and told U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter they’d aim to open a homeless shelter with up to 600 beds by this fall. Now the project is on an indefinite hold, after Orange County First District Supervisor Andrew Do…