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Beauty, Brains & Eggs
For thousands of couples who've tried and failed at having children, California is the promised land. It's full of attractive, healthy and well-educated young women, many of whom are willing to donate eggs, and earn fees that can amount to thousands of dollars. Correspondent Judy Muller looks at the lucrative — and almost totally unregulated — business of egg donation.
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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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Public street disrepair is costing Los Angeles millions in costly personal injury claims.

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They’re tiny, weaponized, and carry a potentially deadly payload. They’re called “Assassin Bugs” and they can be as common as the backyard mosquito or as exotic as the so-called “kissing bug"--and they're here in Southern California, spreading some of the

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SoCal Connected's Deepa Dernandes questions Santa Barbara landlord Dario Pini.

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Examine L.A.'s unregulated short-term housing market and an indoor marijuana facility employing veterans.

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A look at the spike in the number of employers retaliating against undocumented workers.

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As new developments pop up all over L.A., many are asking, 'Who approved that?'