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Man accused of igniting Holy fire found competent to stand trial

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The man accused of igniting the massive Holy fire that burned more than 23,000 acres in Orange and Riverside counties is mentally competent to stand trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday. Forrest Clark, center, the man accused of intentionally setting the massive Holy fire in the Cleveland National Forest, appears in Orange County Superior Court…

201811.28
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Democrats Tom Umberg and Cottie Petrie-Norris declare victory in state legislative races, flipping GOP-held districts

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Orange County Democrats Tom Umberg and Cottie Petrie-Norris have declared victory in their respective state legislative races, flipping two GOP-held districts and ahdding to the Democratic Party’s supermajority control of the state house. Umberg, 63, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former three-term assemblyman, is poised to unseat one-term Republican state Sen. Janet Nguyen in…