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Rising Tuition and Growing Food Insecurity Make Free Food Pantries Vital for Some Students
Finding one nutritious meal a day, let alone three, is becoming an ever more difficult task for many college students who face rising tuition and growing food insecurity. The Westside Food Bank in Santa Monica provides canned food, fruits, and vegetables to the free food pantry at UCLA. Val Zavala talks to the food bank's director of development, Genevieve Riutort, to find out just how essential their services have become.
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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?'
