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No Car-tastrophe in '84
Angelenos are bracing for the worst of all possible weekends. In car-conscious Southern California, the 405 shutdown is the equivalent of a natural disaster.
But look what happened in 1984, when the Los Angeles Olympics brought the same dire predictions of total gridlock. The region somehow managed to avoid massive freeway congestion and transit meltdown. What did they do right?
Here's a somewhat off-kilter look back from SoCal Rewind — our on-going series of reports illustrating that those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it.
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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?'
