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4:02
Landfills are hiring falconers to keep seagulls from eating their trash. Bird abatement is a small but growing niche that works better than any automated system.
"A Rat Bit My Daughter"
13:11
Dario Pini calls himself a savior of Santa Barbara’s working class, housing thousands of mainly low-income Latino families in his hundreds of apartment buildings.
Site of the Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon, in southeast Los Angeles. photo Nick Ut/AP
10:11
The Exide Batter Plant in Vernon, Calif. shut down in 2015 after years of contaminating neighboring communities. Residents and state regulators weigh in on the price of cleanup. 
Military Buds
8:22
Indoor marijuana production is booming across Southern California and expected to bring in seven billion dollars statewide once it's legalized for recreational as well as medicinal use next year. So Cal Connected's Vince Beiser goes behind the scenes with
Kirk Moody Holds a Sign
10:51
A man's search for his missing wife who suffers from Alzheimer's reveals gaps in the system meant to locate and care for the mentally impaired in California. SoCal Connected documents the journey to answer, where is Nancy?
Virus Hunter
8:45
She's called the unstoppable woman. Meet one the world's top virus hunters, who travels to the most remote parts of the planet to identify and stop pandemics.
Deepa Fernandez Talks with Gardener
9:12
In a joint reporting project with the investigative journalists at FairWarning, SoCal Connected found little attention is focused on the health risks created by our lush machine-maintained landscapes. Soon, gas powered leaf blowers may surpass cars as the
Embryo Lab
12:40
With nearly a million frozen embryos stored in labs across the nation. They’re at the heart of a daunting decision for thousands couples--and a brave new world for others. Welcome to the newest controversy around creating human life.
School of Good Works
5:22
See an Islamic school that is working to produce a new generation of Muslims and transform a poor, crime-ridden neighborhood.
Energy Saving Kalmus Family
7:13
How did an Altadena family cut its energy use by 90%? Find out how and why this Father of two felt compelled to shrink his carbon footprint.
Animal Court
A look inside L.A.'s least talked about legal process -- Los Angeles Animal Services hearings. Many pet owners don't even know it exists until they land here. We get an exclusive look at the doggie drama. 
Reporter, Deepa Fernandes, speaks with an undocumented worker
9:30
A look at the spike in the number of employers retaliating against undocumented workers when they complain of stolen wages.
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