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SoCal Connected
October 30, 2012
In Southern California and across the country, the old axiom that all politics are local may be true, but the dollars are definitely long distance. Correspondent Vince Gonzales checks out one race that exemplifies this new reality - one in which Super PACs and some new rules approved by the voters have dramatically changed the choices on Election Day.
Plus, do California's popular initiatives really serve the people? Madeleine Brand talks to outspoken Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez about Prop 30, money, and politics.
And as Space Shuttle Endeavour settles into her new home at the California Science Center, she's becoming a symbol of hope for a new era in private-sector spaceflight.
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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?'
