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

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Transmission lines in the desert | Creative Commons photo by Chazz Layne
Work on the controversial Sunrise Powerlink transmission line between San Diego and Imperial counties was briefly halted last week after a startling series of mishaps involving helicopters ferrying supplies and equipment to Powerlink work sites.
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Jacky doesn't have a drivers' license. The fear of being deported curves her shoulders into a wide U.
Juan Sepulveda, director of the White House Initiative on<br /> Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, speaks Friday at Santa Ana College at a conference on the Latino achievement gap | Courtesy of the Santa Ana Unified School District
Latinos make up nearly half of the K-12 students in Orange County public schools and more than half of public school students statewide
Pots, painters, and photos . . . eastside and westside . . . first looks at the shows of a lifetime.
Rin Tin Tin Film
Susan Orlean's engaging new book about the immortal German Shepherd Rin Tin Tin is a rollicking portrait of Hollywood fame, fortune and folly, as well as a more sober testament to love and loyalty.
Geobiologist Kenneth H. Nealson and his team have discovered practical applications for bacteria-powered fuel cells. | Photo: Reut R. Cohen
Bacteria-powered fuel cells created by a team of University of Southern California scientists have very practical, self-sustaining applications that can save some U.S. city services millions.
Back to back, the current congressional districts, left, and proposed ones, right. | Image via California Citizens Redistricting Commission
For opponents of the congressional lines, the the next stop is the courthouse, not the ballot box.
The status quo suits everyone just fine for now.
Media and crowds at the diversity bake sale at UC Berkeley
After all these years, affirmative action is still being met with an opposite--and unequal--negative reaction
Ed Ruscha
The opening of Pacific Standard Time, a soundwalk, tiny films, video projections and more make this a busy weekend for media art lovers.
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They may not be ground breaking architects, but they broke a hard-scrabble ground that was born out of racism and exclusion for future Asian architects in Los Angeles.
Don Galleano outside his family winery in Mira Loma I Photo by Ed Fuentes
The original trail of California's premium wine industry is kept alive from a descendant of the Italian-Americans who passed through Los Angeles and followed the vineyards inland at the turn of the century.
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