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

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Robert Rizzo,  Angela Spaccia, Victor Bello and Oscar Hernandez attend a bail reduction hearing on September 22, 2010 | AL SEIB/AFP/Getty Images
If the defense attorneys for six former Bell City Council members have their way all charges against the officials will be dropped.
A view of the ocean on a drive between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles
A look at noteworthy news around the region.
Katherine Siva Saubel, a Cahuilla elder stateswoman, was legendary in this part of Inland Southern California.
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16 years of Ozomatli's out-of-the-nightclub conga lines would not have been were it not for group therapy.
Recently released census data puts eight L.A, County areas, mostly clustered in the southeastern portion, in a top ten list of the least educated.
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Experimental filmmmaker, an icon in the American avant-garde tradition, brings new work to a special two-night screening at REDCAT.
Los Angeles is considering new rules for bikes on sidewalks.
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We desperately need to reform our electoral and governmental processes.
What I wear and why.
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"California" and "dream" are two words that have always gone together well. But that's changing, and for some people the golden ambition has become a nightmare
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L.A. considers its rich history of avant-garde and activist media with numerous events dedicated to reconsiderations of the past.
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Dessert to the Chinese is a completely different matter.
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