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Connie Rice: Mexican Cartels Making L.A. Look Like Italy of 80 Years Ago
The Los Angeles of today would be a very different place if Connie Rice had not worked so hard on many of the problems we faced in the '90s. From gangs to reforming the LAPD, she's been on the front lines. She talks to Madeleine Brand about crime and gangs in L.A. today, and about a new threat from the outside she identifies in her book "Power Concedes Nothing."
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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?'