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

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The story of life at Los Alamitos threads from from Povuu'ngna to the present. It's inclusively retold in the rancho's new exhibits.
Outside The Forum in Inglewood | Photo by John Moore/Getty Images
It's great that the Forum, the one-time crown jewel of Inglewood, will live on with new ownersip. But at what cost?
Me with my younger sister, back in the day. | Image: George Chong / My sister and I enjoying an evening at home.<br />
One of my most vivid memories was at the age of 7 when I had a loose tooth. Using TV as a guide, my mother wanted to yank it out.
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Despite objections from the Quechan Tribe, construction on the project in Imperial County started as soon as the ink was dry on federal government's Record of Decision approving the fast-tracked wind installation.
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City Council members want to keep L.A. from going to hell in a shopping cart.
Photo: Jessica Levinson
We now live in a state where winning an election and obtaining a position that allows an individual to represent their fellow citizens are things to hide (or at least not highlight) from the voters.
They are "inauthentic" in an entirely authentic Californian way.
Singer Donna Summer performs in October 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Losing Donna Summer, we lose yet another towering figure of R&B who represented an era of black music we tend to dismiss. But that would be a mistake.
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The controversy about Manny Pacquiao's and gay marraige this week is yet another reminder to be more vigilant about what we repost and tweet.
Mary Bono-Mack and Raul Ruiz | photos courtesy the Bono-Mack and Ruiz campaigns
It didn't take very long for the consequences Obama's gay marriage statement to make their mark on the upcoming race to represent the Coachella Valley's 36th Congressional District.
Tethered to nothing but an iPhone and Bloomberg, billionaires unburden themselves of citizenship.
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I'm not ready for Mom to give me back my childhood mementos.
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