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

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My first act of civil disobedience: When I woke up last Thursday morning, I wasn't planning on getting arrested.
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"Is this what the '60s was like?"
On a trip from sell-scape to culture-scape.
Photo by Flickr user DailyCraft
The FPPC's new Chairwoman, Ann Ravel, has made it her mission to institute much needed regulatory reform. Prior to punishing public officials for violations of the PRA, it is best to ensure that they understand all of the applicable rules.
"Earth movement" continues to rearrange L.A.'s geography.
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As technologies proliferate, a 40-year-old debate about the use of computers in the classroom resurfaces. Eugene Schwartz recently offered a compelling argument for avoiding technology in the classroom almost entirely.
Shopping Carts Await at Wal-Mart | Photo by Daniel Oines via Creative Commons
As the country comes to grips with an ongoing recession and massive unemployment, the early sales and a bad economy are sparking contrasting responses.
Photo via California High-Speed Rail Authority
Plans for the high-speed rail system was endangered after the House approved a spending bill, eliminating federal high-speed rail funding for fiscal year 2012.
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A major composting facility for California shut down, the road to banning plastic bags stalled in Santa Barbara County and more SoCal headlines.
Travelers wait in line at LAX | Photo by David McNew/Getty Images
Two other California airports are among the least busy.
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Former UCLA Vice Chancellor Winston Churchill Doby, who died a week ago, was a statesman for black educational equity--even as the idea fell out of favor--all his life
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With Michael Snow's rigorous structural film, Wavelength, and Haile Gerima's politicized Sankofa leading the way, this week's LA media arts scene offers examples of iconic filmmaking from the past.
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