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Santa Monica wants to create a "wellbeing index" for its citizens, but how do you measure happiness?
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There's a different form of homelessness along a riverbed in the suburban community of Santa Clarita. Unlike residents on L.A.'s Skid Row, people like Mike Crosby prefer to remain less visible.
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Socal Connected breaks down each category in this simple to follow video.
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How Cisco Pinedo is building a brand, furniture and community all at the same time.
In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, President Lyndon B. Johnson and congressional leaders gathered on Oct. 3, 1965, for the signing of an immigration bill. In his speech, Johnson called the previous immigration system of the U.S. "un-American..."
Race and immigration have gone hand in hand since the beginning of the United States of America. Assimilation and the perceived ability of people from different races to achieve it were at the core of most of the immigration laws from the 1870s to 1960s.
The world is experiencing the most significant refugee crisis since World War II. One in every 113 people on the planet is now a refugee. Around the world, someone is displaced every three seconds, forced from home by violence, war or persecution.
The current debate over immigration is reviving decades-old arguments about its economic effects, and whether more deportations or less legal immigration will produce more jobs or better wages in the United States.
The Trump administration has been battling in the courts and on the streets against jurisdictions that call themselves "sanctuaries," arguing that they threaten the rule of law and allow criminal immigrants to roam free.
The demographic shift of the next few years is unstoppable and still misunderstood.
A county agency today voted to dissolve the Sativa Los Angeles County Water District in Compton, after hearing dozens of public comments accusing district officials of mismanagement, including an allegation that they paid for a board member’s surgery.
Watch Socal Connected's exclusive investigative report revealing straight talk from church officials about how to deal with sexually abusive priests -- by reassigning them.
