![Supervisor Katrina Foley even addressed Do, whom she said she believed was watching the meeting, and called upon him to resign his position. Supervisor Katrina Foley even addressed Do, whom she said she believed was watching the meeting, and called upon him to resign his position.](https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OCR-L-BOSUPS-0828-05-MS.jpg?w=140)
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Tony Saavedra
Tony Saavedra is an investigative reporter specializing in legal affairs for the Orange County Register. His work has been recognized by the National Headliner Club, the Associated Press Sports Editors, the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association and the Orange County Press Club. His stories have led to the closure of a chain of badly-run group homes, the end of a state program that placed criminals in inappropriate public jobs and the creation of a civilian oversight office for the Orange County Sheriff's Department, among other things. Saavedra has covered the Los Angeles riots, the O.J. Simpson case, the downfall of Orange County Sheriff-turned felon Michael S. Carona and the use of unauthorized drugs by Olympian Carl Lewis. Saavedra has worked as a journalist since 1979 and has held positions at several Southern California newspapers before arriving at the Orange County Register in 1990. He graduated from California State University, Fullerton, in 1981 with a bachelor of arts in communication.
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![Supervisor Katrina Foley even addressed Do, whom she said she believed was watching the meeting, and called upon him to resign his position. Supervisor Katrina Foley even addressed Do, whom she said she believed was watching the meeting, and called upon him to resign his position.](https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OCR-L-BOSUPS-0828-05-MS.jpg?w=140)
![Ciaran McEvoy, spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office, confirmed search warrants were being executed Thursday morning. Ciaran McEvoy, spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office, confirmed search warrants were being executed Thursday morning.](https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OCR-L-VASRAID-0823-01mr.jpg?w=140)
Federal investigators raid homes of Supervisor Andrew Do, his daughter and Viet America Society president
![This is the second lawsuit filed by the county in a week against a nonprofit for alleged misuse of taxpayer dollars. This is the second lawsuit filed by the county in a week against a nonprofit for alleged misuse of taxpayer dollars.](https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OCR-L-DOFLAGS-0603-1.jpg?w=140)
Orange County sues nonprofit Hand to Hand Relief Organization for alleged misuse of public funds
![A Northridge couple was squeezed between contractors who walked off the job and a finance company that paid them anyway. Others are in similar dilemmas. A Northridge couple was squeezed between contractors who walked off the job and a finance company that paid them anyway. Others are in similar dilemmas.](https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/LDN-L-SOLAR-0807-002.jpg?w=140)
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$80,000 bill for unfinished rooftop solar power system exposes pitfall for consumers
!["They threw anything they could into this, any rumors, any innuendos," says VAS attorney "They threw anything they could into this, any rumors, any innuendos," says VAS attorney](https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OCR-L-VASREAX-0817-10.jpg?w=140)
Viet America lawyer says OC lawsuit is inaccurate and a ‘hatchet job’
![County officials previously demanded a $2.2 million refund, to which VAS said through its lawyer it had no intention of paying back because it did the work. County officials previously demanded a $2.2 million refund, to which VAS said through its lawyer it had no intention of paying back because it did the work.](https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OCR-L-VASLETTER-0302-04mr.jpg?w=132)
County upped demands for Viet America Society payback to about $4.2M, threatened litigation
![County officials demanded Viet America Society pay back the funding granted to the organization for feeding seniors during the pandemic by the end of August. County officials demanded Viet America Society pay back the funding granted to the organization for feeding seniors during the pandemic by the end of August.](https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OCR-L-VASLETTER-0302-05mr.jpg?w=133)
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Viet America Society will refuse OC officials’ demand for return of $2.2 million, says nonprofit’s lawyer
![Mathew Bowyer is expected to enter a plea Aug. 9 to charges of operating an illegal gambling business, money laundering and filing a false tax return. Mathew Bowyer is expected to enter a plea Aug. 9 to charges of operating an illegal gambling business, money laundering and filing a false tax return.](https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OCR-L-BOOKIE-01-16x9-1.jpg?w=140)
OC bookie who took bets from Ohtani’s interpreter agrees to plead guilty to federal charges
![Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco called the audit "an absolute joke," contending fewer crimes are now reported because penalties have been reduced. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco called the audit "an absolute joke," contending fewer crimes are now reported because penalties have been reduced.](https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RPE-L-PROP47-0727-10.jpg?w=127)
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Recidivism down in Inland Empire under Proposition 47, except for serial criminals, audit says
![Zaynab Joseph, a novice hiker, fell 140 feet to her death during a trek with her husband and infant son on a trail described as "extremely, extremely difficult." Zaynab Joseph, a novice hiker, fell 140 feet to her death during a trek with her husband and infant son on a trail described as "extremely, extremely difficult."](https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/OCR-L-ZAYNAB-0721-01.jpg?w=140)