Meanwhile, arson investigations were under way in Orange and Riverside counties in connection with some of the wildfires.

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Authorities served search warrants on 17 businesses and nine delivery vehicles during the simultaneous raids in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties.

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The area is in a section of the national forest in the Santa Ana Mountains, which lie along the border of Orange and Riverside counties southeast of Los Angeles.

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The area where the two got lost is in a section of forest in the Santa Ana Mountains that lies along the border of Orange and Riverside counties southeast of Los Angeles.

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That office serves Orange and Osceola counties.

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Among Florida's largest counties, Orange County's Hispanic population grew by 83% between 2000 and 2010, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.

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Such a scenario might give Democrats an opportunity to win in this usually dependable Republican stronghold in the vast suburbs east of Los Angeles thatsprawl across the lines of the counties of Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino.

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Orange, San Bernadino, Kern or Ventura counties.

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Federal funding also is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by Tropical Storm Irene in the counties of Addison, Bennington, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland, Washington, Windham, and Windsor.

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