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SoCal Focus is a blog about the people, places, and issues in and around Southern California.

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life-astonishment
Life requires some measure of practicality, for there are wages to earn and bills to pay and errands to run. But to also dismiss the miracles around us seems a shame.
Pieces of a Tree
My neighbor's Chinese elm endured multiple assaults, ever returning to droop over the sidewalk as shade, annoyance, and a reminder of durability ... until it was gone.
Enough?
CEQA empowers neighborhood residents to question development plans.
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Whenever I mentioned to friends and family that I was going to Hong Kong, I would often hear, "Don't forget to visit the Night Market.
Little Saigon, Westminister, CA.
Little Saigon and other places like it have transformed space in SoCal.
father-son-surfing
With fatherhood there is no telling what might unfold.
Murkier and murkier grow the politics of the Central Basin Municipal Water District.
Fractured
Father and son look for connections -- familial and civic -- in Los Angeles. They depend on a shared "moral imagination" that helps them fill the gaps.
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The story of the Owens Valley Water War is usually told in the past tense, but it still unfolds today, a century later. And a forthcoming video series intends to bring us all up to speed.
graduation-season
For students who never thought they were traditional college material, graduation is not just about a piece of paper. It's about peace of mind.
Water bottles
One percent for the dinosaurs and all the other creatures scurrying to stay out from underfoot. One percent for seven billion people. And counting.
The Button: What does it do?
The crosswalk button is a placebo, a signal to higher (computer) powers, and possibly a device with magical properties. It all depends on whether you push or not and where and when.
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