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Two people hugging at memorial with photo of deceased next to them | Still from SoCal Connected, "Who Killed Josiah?", Courtesy Mark McKenna

Who Killed Josiah?

Season 10 Episode 1102
28:43
Private Property sign in foreground with beach behind it | Still from "Access Denied" on SoCal Connected

Access Denied

Season 10 Episode 1103
26:11
Girl in foreground stretching, with teammates stretching behind her | Still from "Born to Run", SoCal Connected

Born to Run

Season 10 Episode 1104
27:20
Students sit at a desk | Still from SoCal Connected's "Under Pressure"

Under Pressure

Season 10 Episode 1105
28:20
Marijuana plants with law enforcement officers behind it | Still from SoCal Connected "Cannabis Country"

Cannabis Country

Season 10 Episode 1106
27:20
SOCAL CONNECTED “Fire Station 9”

Fire Station 9

Season 10 Episode 1107
27:50
City of Fullerton police cars in a parking lot | Still from SoCal Connected's "The Fight to Know"

The Fight to Know

Season 10 Episode 1108
27:55
Veteran Tending to a Marijuana Plant

'Airbnbs Gone Wild' and 'Military Buds'

Season 8 Episode 901
24:30
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SoCal Connected

Delta Quake Danger, FasTrak Lanes, Hip-Hop School, Political Posters

While most residents know what "the big one" could do, few are aware of the impact a major quake in the Sacramento area would have on our water supply. Reporter Derrick Shore travels to the Bay Deltawhere a huge but aging network of levees could be devastated in a major quake, cutting off almost a third of Southern California's water supply. "SoCal Connected" talks to a water expert who has been warning of the danger for years, as well as a farmer and engineer who say the danger is exaggerated. The issue is tied to the controversial proposal to build two 35-mile-long tunnels beneath the Bay Delta.

Two years ago when sections of two freeways were converted to toll roads, drivers were angry and confused. Today 350,000 drivers have FasTrak accounts and transponders. At the same time, the popularity of these express lanes has caused a decline in average speeds. Reporter Conor Knighton looks at the FasTrak experiment on 110 and 10 freeways to see how experts and drivers feel about these so-called "Lexus Lanes."

Cesar Rivas came to the U.S. from warn-torn El Salvador when he was 12. He lived in a neighborhood with gang and drugs. Then he discovered Hip Hop and break dancing. Reporter Nick Hardcastle looks at how Lil' Cesar started the Hip Hop School of Arts in Pomona where hundreds of children and teens are finding an outlet for their energies. But can the school survive?

The Center for the Study of Political Graphics is a repository of 85,000 of political posters. Its founder and director, Carol Wells, recalls the turning point in her life when she went from typical teenager to political activist. It happened in Century City on June 23, 1967.

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The People Vs. Kiera Newsome
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One woman strives to prove her innocence from behind bars.
30 Years with Val Zavala
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This half-hour retrospective reviews Zavala's role in covering some of the region's most critical events and key influencers.
Hands of an Undocumented Immigrant
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A look at the spike in the number of employers retaliating against undocumented workers when they complain of stolen wages. What is the legal loophole that transforms neighborhoods and gets developments built without consent from the community?
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SoCal Connected takes a deep dive into L.A.'s housing, the idyllic Apricot Farms and the Los Angeles teenager who took on the oil industry, city hall and the Catholic Church to curb urban oil drilling in her neighborhood - and won.
'Maybe Babies' and 'Patagonia's Workplace Paradise'
25:45
Nearly a million frozen embryos are stored in labs across the nation.
Man Looks at Housing Development in his Backyard in Westchester
28:29
As new developments pop up all over L.A., many are asking, 'Who approved that?'
Bail Screen Grab
26:59
The price of freedom for some in the L.A. County Jail system is simply to high a cost. As much as a quarter of the 17,000 in LA's jails are there simply because they cannot make bail. Condors were close to extinction when officials took an aggressive appr
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