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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 California Supreme Court building
A state Supreme Court ruling last week is a win for Governor Jerry Brown and is also the worst case scenario for cities and redevelopment agencies.
 'For Auld Lang Syne' from Wikipedia
At the year's ending, we all remember for the sake of some "long time ago."
Long Christmas shopping lines, seen here in London, is ubiquitous. Inglewood, CA is no different. | JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images
On Christmas Eve, I was feeling good about home, the holiday, even eleventh-hour shopping. And then a troubling reality bit.
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Filipinos have the highest rate of assimilation into the United States, specifically into Los Angeles.
A Sun Boss model at the 'Orange Show' in the 1950s | Courtesy of Sun Boss Corporation
A lovely irony that many of us here in Southern California might have forgotten - the California Dream, the envy of the rest of the nation with our endless run and outdoor living, requires shade.
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A big picture look at the region with stories about the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, freezing temperatures affecting citrus crops in Kern County and more.
Stephen T. Millhouse | Photo via MyOneManMarch.org
The journey is to raise awareness about homelessness.
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They arrive torsos ripped down the middle, decapitated; fingers, hands, and toes severed.
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A big picture look at the region with stories about California's first flu death of the season, traffic on the 101 and thousands wrongly jailed in L.A. County.
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Hold onto your hats voters, candidates and observers, December 30th kicks the official start of the new election in California.
May you and yours be as well protected this holiday season. And may we all have a better 2012.
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A big picture look at the region with stories about mountain lion cubs, Occupy L.A. arrests and more.
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