They also enjoyed a veto over large-scale county investment projects.

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Only in old movies--at least until 1981, when Harper (Judge Roy Bean) Creigh, a scale-model designer from Orange County, Calif.

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The Chinese company will make electric buses and large-scale batteries in Lancaster, California, located in Los Angeles County, BYD said in a press release on Friday.

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