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

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High winds are expected to hit the region, just a few days after a severe Santa Ana wind event caused damage and blackouts throughout Southern California.
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One of the highlights this weekend in media arts is the Filmforum screening of work by underground artists and Topanga Canyon bohemians...
Outside the Occupy L.A. perimeter on Tuesday evening | Photo by Tom Andrews
As the inevitable raid on Occupy L.A. approached, I struggled with the question of my proper role.
The harbor pilots of the Port of Los Angeles earn some of the city's highest wages. And shippers say that's too much.
Near the L.A. River around downtown Los Angeles
A big picture look at the region: next steps for the Occupy Wall Street movement, composting in Kern County, education in San Diego and more.
LAPD officers approach city hall to evict Occupy L.A. protesters | Photo by Alex Thompson
This week, L.A. police were a case study in how to quell a protest without ticking anybody off. Quite a feat. But is the best we can do in terms of progress?
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Social media is a limitless, bottomless world. With each keystroke we swim further away from the land that grounded us.
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Our daily big picture look at the region, including Riverside as the birth of consumer flavor, a current picture of HIV/AIDS in California, and high-speed rail vs. cheap flights.
Listen to the names of what we have here and think of the beauty of what people might think of as weeds, often overlooked.
At the Occupy L.A. eviction
A big picture look at Southern California with stories from San Luis Obispo to the Inland Empire down to the border.
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The worst of it is expected to last through Friday.
People wait in line outside of St. Francis Center for the opening of the soup kitchen on September 13, 2011 in Los Angeles | Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
Census numbers published today that the number of Californians living in poverty has increased substantially since 2000.
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