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Michael Avenatti speaks to members of the media after leaving federal court on Feb. 4, 2022, in New York. Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti says he plans to plead guilty to charges in a federal court case in Southern California. Avenatti didn't specify which charges he wants to plead to in a brief filing Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Avenatti pleads guilty to fraud, tax charges in California
By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press
Thu,06/16/22-1:55PM , 83 Reads
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti pleaded guilty Thursday to four counts of wire fraud and a tax-related charge in a federal court case in Southern California accusing him of cheating his clients out of millions of dollars.
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Pastor Albany Lee addresses congregants and community members on Saturday, May 21, 2022, as survivors and church leaders join in prayer and thank community members for their support nearly a week after a deadly shooting at a Taiwanese American church congregation in Laguna Woods, Calif. The community is reeling after the attack on a luncheon of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church that killed one and wounded five. Lee said trauma specialists will be available to assist community members. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)

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California church leaders, shooting survivors join in prayer
By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press
Sat,05/21/22-5:49PM , 95 Reads
LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — When a gunman began shooting at a Taiwanese American church luncheon, Shoei Su said he froze.
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This artist rendering provided by REM Public Relations shows a rendering of a proposed Coral Mountain Resort with a large human-made surf lagoon that is proposed for the region around Palm Springs, Calif. Hours from the California coast, surfers are hoping one of the next spots where they can catch a wave is in the hot, dry desert where summer temperatures often soar above 100 degrees. (CCY Architects/REM Public Relations via AP)

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Surge of desert surf parks stirs questions in dry California
By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press
Mon,04/25/22-11:43AM , 297 Reads
Hours from the California coast, surfers are hoping one of the next spots where they can catch a wave is in the desert.

At least four large surf lagoons are proposed for the region around Palm Springs, which is more commonly known for art festivals, mountain hikes and golf, and has no natural waves in sight.
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FILE -This 2021 photo provided by Angel Quintana shows Cesar Quintana, and Cesar's son, Alexander Quintana. Quintana is trying to find a way to get his son back to California but the boy is now in Russia with Quintana's estranged Ukrainian-American wife and her family after they escaped from the coastal Ukrainian city of Mariupol. (Angel Quintana via AP, File)

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From Ukraine to Russia: Boy safer, but not closer to US dad
By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press
Thu,04/21/22-11:04PM , 165 Reads
Cesar Quintana agonized for weeks that his 2-year-old son wouldn't make it out of the battered Ukrainian coastal port Mariupol as Russian troops encircled the city.

Thankfully, he did.
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