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

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Raised by two dads and now married to his wife of nine years, he said "a family is a home comprised of a group of people who love each other, support each other, and protect each other."
U.S. President Barack Obama gives a thumbs-up after winning the election. | Photo: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
Election Day turned out to be no sweat, but for returning President Obama, the days after will be another story.
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Jose Medina walked into the banquet room at Zacateca's Restaurant on Riverside's Eastside to loud cheers and clapping of hundreds of supporters.
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San Bernardino County voters ended what is likely one of the state's most colorful political eras by ousting incumbent District 3 Supervisor Neil Derry, a Republican, in favor of Democrat James Ramos, former chairman of the San Manuel Band of Mission I...
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California's desert has voted, with turnout running around 50%, and the results of each Congressional race will likely surprise no one - but it looks as though the region may have shifted ever so slightly toward the liberal end of the spectrum.
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There's so much debate, din, and shouting in politics. But beneath all the noise, I hear the whisper of things lost.
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KCET will very soon be going through some structural changes. That means if you subscribe to the full UpDaily RSS feed, you'll stop getting updates in your reader.
When my oldest daughter moved to Texas, she made us watch the popular TV series "Friday Night Lights" because, as she told her father and me, "I realized you guys are exactly the same in Riverside... It's crazy."
From San Diego to Santa Barbara, as much as $280 million in spending flowed through Pacific Standard Time's museums and galleries. But there are other values, too.
A video still from the shot that Tyson Heder was framing when he was grabbed by Sgt. Rudy Barillas
It was perhaps the most sensational interaction captured by the embedded press pool the night the LAPD evicted Occupy L.A. from City Hall grounds. Here's what happened at the trial.
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All of the campaigning comes down to us. We are, the "deciders." Our representative form of government depends on the ability and willingness of its representatives to exercise their right to vote.
One man's collecting takes a circuitous path from enthusiasm to obsession. But the results will enrich the entire community and add to how we see our place.
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