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Lost LA
California Blooms
Season 8
Episode 4
Meet the personalities who bring year-round color to California’s landscape. Hunt for native wildflowers in the Santa Monica Mountains, visit San Diego to learn how horticulturalist Kate Sessions colorized the Golden State, stop by Whittier for a debate on the controversial jacaranda tree and see how Burbank’s annual Rose Parade float comes together.
- Airdates
- Tuesday Jan 27, 7:30 PM PST on PBS SoCal
- Wednesday Jan 28, 8:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Wednesday Jan 28, 8:30 PM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Thursday Jan 29, 12:30 AM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Friday Jan 30, 8:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal
- Saturday Jan 31, 2:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal
- Saturday Jan 31, 7:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal
- Saturday Jan 31, 9:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Sunday Feb 1, 12:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Sunday Feb 1, 5:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Sunday Feb 1, 7:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Encore
- Monday Feb 2, 1:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Tuesday Feb 3, 1:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday Feb 3, 7:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday Feb 3, 1:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday Feb 24, 10:30 PM PST on PBS SoCal
- Wednesday Feb 25, 3:30 AM PST on PBS SoCal
- Wednesday Feb 25, 8:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Wednesday Feb 25, 8:30 PM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Thursday Feb 26, 12:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Friday Feb 27, 8:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal
- Saturday Feb 28, 2:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal
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