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With the rise of the super-temp, comes the increase income inequality. What happens when half the workforce are gig workers? SoCal Connected follows an Uber driver who lost his job and is struggling to support his family as an independent contractor. 
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KCET looks back at Val Zavala's 30 year career in a special tribute to her work as a journalist in L.A..
The News Blues
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Local newsrooms in Southern California are shrinking at an alarming rate.
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In the fall of 2017, LA's biggest paper was sold to mysterious new owners.
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Nearly 17 percent of workers in the US are immigrants. Take them away, and the economy would tank.
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Zach King is a social media influencer, who has 45 million followers across Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. He took SoCal Connected behind the scenes to show us where his magic videos are made.
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Joey Salads is known for pulling pranks on the internet. SoCal Connected met with him to check out his studio and learn more about being a YouTube prankster.
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Heather and her husband are both LAUSD teachers. Their kids are LAUSD students. She's on the line today because her school has one counselor for 500 kids...the library has been closed for 8 years because there's no librarian. And there's a nurse once a we
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If you grew up in L.A., you know about the football rivalry between Dorsey and Crenshaw. For the high schools located in different gang territories, games took on a whole new meaning in the 90s. For the players, the field was a sanctuary because while the rivalries on the field were intense, the ones off the field came with real danger.
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Have you heard of gerrymandering? We asked Angeleno's if they knew, as the 2018 midterm elections will shape how many districts across the country are re-drawn.
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The price of insulin has nearly tripled from 2002 to 2013 and continues to increase. This puts patients who don't have health insurance in a precarious position, as they depend on it to live.
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