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There's a film school training at-risk and troubled teenagers for high-tech, well-paying jobs in the film industry, and it's not at USC, Cal Arts, or AFI. It's the Hollywood Cinema Production Resources center at West L.A. College. L.A. Times columnist David Lazarus introduces us to the teachers and the students undergoing intense training in so-called below-the-line production — the grips, gaffers, set builders and costumers.
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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?'
