SoCal Connected | KCET
SoCal Connected is KCET’s weekly award-winning news documentary series, presenting a mix of investigative reporting and richly textured narratives in a thoughtful and compelling way. Now in its 9th season, Socal Connected is the winner of nearly every major local and national journalism award, including a George Foster, Peabody, two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia silver batons, and 27 regional Emmy awards. "SoCal Connected" airs Tuesday nights at 8 p.m.
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People vs. Kiera Newsome
Season 9
One woman strives to prove her innocence from behind bars, while a team of pro-bono lawyers and students fight the odds to get her out.
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Blood Money
Season 9
A look at the profiteering behind two of America's fastest growing diseases affecting millions of Californians.
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Divide and Conquer
Season 9
"SoCal Connected" profiles how some local governments have used political borders to dilute minorities' power, and what is being done about it.
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SoCal Connected Season 9
Out of Bounds
Season 9
One of the nation's top high school athletes was on a path to the NFL, but instead became the poster child for what's wrong with L.A.'s mental Health system.
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The News Blues
Season 9
The LA Times may have found its savior in Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, but how will the other local newsrooms in LA be rescued?
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In the fall of 2017, LA's biggest paper was sold to mysterious new owners.
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Upcoming Airdates
People vs. Kiera Newsome
Season 9
One woman strives to prove her innocence from behind bars, while a team of pro-bono lawyers and students fight the odds to get her out.
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2018-11-15T03:30:00-08:00KCETLINK
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2018-11-17T04:30:00-08:00KCETLINK
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2018-11-18T11:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
Heat
How hot will your neighborhood get? "SoCal Connected" looks at the ground-level effects of climate change on southern California.
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2018-11-20T12:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
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Out of Bounds
Season 9
One of the nation's top high school athletes was on a path to the NFL, but instead became the poster child for what's wrong with L.A.'s mental Health system. "SoCal Connected" documents the life and times of Dorsey High's Antonio Carrion.
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2018-11-27T12:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
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Divide and Conquer
Season 9
Gerrymandering is one of the most effective tools to manipulate an election and guarantee a win. "SoCal Connected" profiles how some local governments have used political borders to dilute minorities' power, and what is being done about it.
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2018-12-04T12:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
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2018-12-08T04:30:00-08:00KCETLINK
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2018-12-09T11:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
Blood Money
Season 9
A look at the profiteering behind two of America's fastest growing diseases affecting millions of Californians.
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2018-12-11T12:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
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2018-12-11T17:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
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Articles
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Some facts about Newsome’s case did not make the report. Here they are.
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Santa Ana winds continued to plague firefighters battling the deadly Woolsey Fire in Los Angeles and Ventura counties Tuesday, with a new flare-up erupting near Westlake Village even as some evacuation orders were being lifted.
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The Woolsey Fire, which erupted Thursday afternoon, has destroyed at least 150 homes and forced the evacuation of 75,000 homes and 200,000 people in both counties as it indiscriminately consumed multi-million dollar mansions and mobile homes. The flames t
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A Pepperdine University student was among those still missing today following an overnight shooting massacre at a Thousand Oaks nightclub crowded with patrons, including 16 students from the Malibu college and three off-duty Los Angeles Police Department.
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An incandescent high school football star from a hard-luck home in south LA in the early 1990s, he seemed to have a rare chance to escape the streets and go on to a career in the NFL.
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'Dialysis Centers on Every Corner' in Southern California, the Business of Kidney Disease is Booming
Chronic kidney disease is at epidemic levels worldwide and the number of patients with kidney failure requiring dialysis is growing at 5 percent a year. That’s all helped make dialysis a multi-billion-dollar business.
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SoCal Connected Special: The Way Home
On any given night, 47,000 men, women and children live on the streets of Los Angeles.
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