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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SoCal Connected Season 9
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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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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Clips & Segments
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In the fall of 2017, LA's biggest paper was sold to mysterious new owners.
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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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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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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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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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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? 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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People Vs. Kiera Newsome
Season 9
A local woman strives to prove her innocence behind bars. A team of local pro-bono lawyers and law students fight the odds to get her out.
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Articles
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"SoCal Connected" sat down with Patt Morrison, an Op Ed columnist for the L.A. Times, to talk about the importance of local news and the history of the newspaper in the United States.
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The Los Angeles City Council will consider a motion Friday to prevent the reopening of a South Los Angeles oil field.
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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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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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