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 10th season, "Socal Connected" is the winner of nearly every major local and national journalism award, including a Walter Cronkite Award, a George Foster Peabody Award, two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia silver batons, and 27 regional Emmy awards. "SoCal Connected" airs Tuesday nights at 8 p.m on KCET and 7 p.m. on PBS SoCal.
Full Episodes
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SoCal Connected Season 10
Fire Station 9
Season 10
Take a rare behind-the-scenes look inside the busiest fire station in the country, where firefighters act as both primary care providers and emergency responders for the nearly 5,000 people living on Skid Row.
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SoCal Connected Season 10
The Fight to Know
Season 10
In 2019, California, one of the nation’s most secretive states when it comes to police files, put SB1421 into effect. But a year into the new transparency law, journalists and the public are realizing that the law may not be as transparent as expected.
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Cannabis Country
Season 10
State and local regulators are overwhelmed and outgunned when it comes to closing down California’s poisonous pot pipeline.
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SoCal Connected Season 10
Under Pressure
Season 10
Parents are willing to spend thousands to get the competitive edge in the college admissions process, but at what cost? Socal Connected takes a revealing look at the high stakes world of the for-profit education consultant business.
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Born to Run
Season 10
Socal Connected looks at what happened to LA Jets’ Obea Moore and the current state of youth track and field today.
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Clips & Segments
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Since March the calls haven’t stopped for Manuel Villanueva, a community organizer with the Restaurant Opportunities Center. Thousands of cooks, waiters and dishwashers have struggled since then to survive since the shut down orders.
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Foster care, alcoholism, quarantine: his drums got Anthony Sheriff through it all.
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Los Angeles Cardiologist Dr. Richard Allen Williams recalls a disturbing phone call that ultimately contributed to a major change in policing in L.A.
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“Things feel like they’re falling apart. But the artist will utilize whatever moment in time that can be traumatic and make something beautiful out of it.”
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Upcoming Airdates
Jazz City
Season 9
For decades Los Angeles has existed in the shadows of New York and Chicago when it comes to jazz, but that's now changing. L.A.'s jazz scene is on the upswing. Meet the people, places and sounds that are putting L.A. jazz back on the map.
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2020-11-25T21:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
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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2020-12-02T21:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
Cannabis Country
Season 10
State and local regulators are overwhelmed and outgunned when it comes to closing down California’s poisonous pot pipeline.
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2020-12-09T21:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
Fire Station 9
Season 10
Take a rare behind-the-scenes look inside the busiest fire station in the country, where firefighters act as both primary care providers and emergency responders for the nearly 5,000 people living on Skid Row.
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2020-12-16T21:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
Access Denied
Season 10
An investigation reveals how the state and many cities have let developers get away for decades with not paying their fair share when they replace affordable lodging with luxury hotels up and down California’s coast.
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2020-12-23T21:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
Articles
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Children whose educations have been disrupted by the pandemic may suffer life-long consequences, including shorter life spans, according to a study released today by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
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Los Angeles County health officials announced Nov. 23 a record-high daily number of cases that is expected to trigger a more sweeping stay-at-home order.
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Distributing the COVID-19 vaccines now being developed is shaping up to be the largest and most complex public health effort in L.A. County's history, and concerns are growing that officials are already falling behind, it was reported Nov. 20.
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Los Angeles County reported more than 5,000 new COVID-19 infections Nov. 19, the highest daily number since the pandemic's start. The county's health officer warned that if the surge persists, a strict stay-at-home order could be in place by next week.
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UCLA public health and urban planning experts said they have developed a predictive model that pinpoints which populations in which neighborhoods of Los Angeles County are most at risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus.
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L.A. County health officials defended new business and social gathering restrictions, stressing that absent an immediate downturn in COVID-19 case numbers, hospitals could be overwhelmed.
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"I WAS THERE" is about telling a great story. This series of first-person accounts break current and historical events down to human scale, carefully taking the viewer behind some of Southern California’s biggest headlines.
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To Matt's discomfort, Charlie's free-spirited father, Carlito, arrives with his girlfriend's teenage daughter, Ivy. Just before the grand opening of the Knight-Cartwright heart clinic, Hugh receives a mysterious letter from his ex-wife.
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Before there was Disneyland and other large amusement parks, there was Busch Gardens.
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Huell looks at the Pigeon Courier Service at Avalon on Catalina Island, once the most expeditious means of communication with the small island.
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Huell tours the barn and hears stories of Disney's passion for trains which many people say fueled his vision for his theme parks.