Orange County fire chief stepping down

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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Orange County Fire Authority Chief Keith Richter announced Tuesday that he will be retiring, just weeks after a report found low morale and a lack of leadership within his department.

Richter said in a memo that he made the decision because “recent controversies have placed me in a position of being a distraction,” the Orange County Register reported Tuesday (http://bit.ly/1h63Sel).

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