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Ortega was approved last year to serve another four-year term by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, but doesn’t think he’s a lifer because “it’s sometimes good to have new leadership.”

Mojave Gold arrives as a new crop of nightlife spots have opened to serve both desert lifers and newcomers to the small towns near Joshua Tree National Park.

Ron Washington, a baseball lifer, is still perpetually upbeat despite having spent 55 of his 72 years in the game.

Washington, a baseball lifer, still is perpetually upbeat, having spent 55 of his 72 years in the game.

“I’m an indie-film lifer,” Baker said, noting that he doesn’t make movies to be calling cards for larger studio projects.