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Illegal billboards serve as giant canvases for Southern California's graffiti artists. Too Tall Jahmal says graffiti art can be a political statement. Augor, an artist profiled in the video, calls himself a "billboard liberation artist," because much of his work involves painting over giant, pop culture billboards. But Augor's creations are illegal and he's forced to conceal his identity.
Check out the video to see why graffiti writers like Augor will climb to death defying heights, in the dark, and break the law in the name of artistic expression.
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A man's search for his missing wife who suffers from early onset Alzheimers reveals gaps in the system meant to locate and care for the mentally impaired in California. "SoCal Connected" documents the journey to answer, where's Nancy?
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A look at the spike in the number of employers retaliating against undocumented workers.
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