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Brooke Staggs

  • Journalist, Freelance
  • Communications Specialist II, Ontario International Airport
California
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Prospectors hunt for - and find - gold in O.C. mountains

Prospectors hunt for - and find - gold in O.C. mountains

Residents and others who frequent north Modjeska Canyon have grown accustomed to the sight of a man winding u…

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Southern California biotech companies see potential in marijuana

Southern California biotech companies see potential in marijuana

At least once a week, Steve McDonald drives from his home in Irvine to an industrial stretch of Santa Ana fil…

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Outreach program targets Muslim inmates

Outreach program targets Muslim inmates

Yasmeen Harris can tell quite the cautionary tale. Raised Muslim, Harris strayed from her faith as a young wo…

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New pest threatening mighty oaks

New pest threatening mighty oaks

Akif Eskalen was on the hunt for more than two years. His target? An exotic beetle that made its way to South…

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The wild ride of an O.C. pot stock

The wild ride of an O.C. pot stock

The press releases began to flow in February. A Mission Viejo penny stock company announced it was leaving be…

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Pinhole leaks plague South County homeowners

Pinhole leaks plague South County homeowners

The Bustos family was knee-deep in a remodel to their 12-year-old Ladera Ranch home when their daughter notic…

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Sailor's book reveals secrets about long-lost father

Sailor's book reveals secrets about long-lost father

He knew his father as an insurance salesman. Each morning when Alan Boinus was a teenager, his father would s…

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What happens to mementos - and your legacy - if you don't have kids?

What happens to mementos - and your legacy - if you don't have kids?

There's a story behind each trinket tucked inside a dusty box beneath the workbench in our garage. These humb…

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California hemp farmers still waiting for launch of multi-billion dollar business

California hemp farmers still waiting for launch of multi-billion dollar business

Will Kleidon hoped to be growing hemp in his California hometown of Ojai by now. It's even in his company nam…

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Could cannabis be the new casinos for Southern California Native Americans?

Could cannabis be the new casinos for Southern California Native Americans?

At the end of a road off scenic Highway 79, in rural San Diego County, a building that once let visitors try …

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