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.
Full Episodes
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30 Years with Val Zavala
Season 8
This half-hour retrospective reviews Zavala's role in covering some of the region's most critical events and key influencers.
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'Stolen Paychecks,' 'Watch Where You Sign' and 'The Virus Hunter'
Season 8
A look at the spike in the number of employers retaliating against undocumented workers when they complain of stolen wages. What is the legal loophole that transforms neighborhoods and gets developments built without consent from the community?
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'Freelance Nation' and 'Made in L.A.'
Season 8
With the rise of the super-temp, comes the increase income inequality. What happens when half the workforce are gig workers? SoCal Connected follows an Uber driver who lost his job and is struggling to support his family as an independent contractor. Ho
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'Airbnbs Gone Wild' and 'Military Buds'
Season 8
Examine L.A.'s unregulated short-term housing market and an indoor marijuana facility employing veterans.
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'Substandard of Living' and 'Back From The Brink'
Season 8
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Clips & Segments
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A look at the upcoming season of SoCal Connected premiering October 9th.
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America is undergoing a diversity explosion. By 2045, Latinos, Blacks, Asians and other ethnic minorities will make up 51% of the nation, with non-hispanic whites becoming a minority.
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Casi el 17 por ciento de los trabajadores en Estados Unidos son inmigrantes. Si desaparecieran, la economía se derrumbaría.
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Nearly 17 percent of workers in the US are immigrants. Take them away, and the economy would tank.
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Upcoming Airdates
'Who Approved That?,' 'Super Soil,' and 'Oil Activist'
Season 8
As developments continue to pop up all over L.A., some residents are questioning who approves them. SoCal Connected takes a deep dive into L.A.'s housing and asks if the single family home is an endangered species
It's considered some of the richest super soil in California. Get a close look at the idyllic Apricot Farms, where cutting-edge environmental practices and old school farming techniques are producing some of the purest produce around.
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'Blowing Concerns,' 'Comeback Kids' and 'Family Savings Plan'
Season 8
In a joint investigation with FairWarning, SoCal Connected looks at the politics behind regulating California's largest polluter: backyard motorized equipment like leaf blowers and lawn mowers.
The California Condor is back from the brink of extinction but the job is far from over. Find out what it takes to keep a species surviving and thriving.
Would you switch from gas to veggie oil to run your car? how about stop flying on airplanes? Those are just some of the ways a local family has cut their energy use by ninety percent.
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30 Years with Val Zavala
Season 8
Val Zavala, whose presence has been an integral part of the Southern California media landscape for three decades, is retiring. Her legacy as a news anchor/producer, Latina role model and an award-winning journalist deeply involved in the community she covers will be recognized in a special tribute episode of "SoCal Connected."
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'Freelance Nation' and 'Made in L.A.'
Season 8
With the rise of the super-temp, comes the increase income inequality. What happens when half the workforce are gig workers? SoCal Connected follows an Uber driver who lost his job and is struggling to support his family as an independent contractor.
How one of L.A.'s most successful entrepreneurs, Cisco Pinedo, is building a brand, furniture and community all at the same time.
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The News Blues
The LA Times may have found its savior in Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, but how will the other local newsrooms in LA be rescued? Socal Connected reports on one of the craziest year for local news in Southern California. Premieres October 9th at 8:00pm.
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Out of Bounds
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Articles
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Watch Socal Connected's exclusive investigative report revealing straight talk from church officials about how to deal with sexually abusive priests -- by reassigning them.
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This is the latest in a spate of controversies involving the embattled politician who has made himself the face of the most expensive stadium ever built in the United States.
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High interest rates and rising home prices backpedaled California's housing market in July, according to the California Association of Realtors.
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LA County Board of Supervisors approved the Bring Our Loved Ones Home Initiative. It outlines 17 strategies to prevent and respond to wandering among those suffering from Alzheimer's, dementia, autism and other memory related impairments.
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In Los Angeles County criminal court, business owners and fire, sanitation and environmental safety officials testified about the difficulty of putting out one of the city’s largest ever landfill fires and the cost of cleaning it up.
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The stocks of two of the largest private prison contractors skyrocketed in the month after President Trump’s inauguration and have continued to grow.
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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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