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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The New Normal
California's wildfires are more severe and deadlier than ever before. Debates are raging as to what to do, who will pay for billions of dollars in damage and what can be done to lessen the destruction as California adjusts to its new normal.
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Under the Influence
Influencers - they are powerful, persuasive, and they are everywhere. You may not know it, but you could be living under the influence.
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Heat
Season 9
How hot will your neighborhood get? "SoCal Connected" looks at the ground-level effects of climate change on southern California.
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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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Los Angeles educators are on strike, leaving elementary, middle and high schools without formal instruction until further notice.
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UTLA took to the streets in Downtown LA to protest the state of LAUSD. They are advocating for smaller classroom sizes and better resources like nurses and counselors.
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At John Marshall High School, students sat around the auditorium during the first day of the teacher's strike. Outside the school’s walls, the rain didn’t stop teachers from striking for better classroom conditions and resources for their students.
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Heather and her husband are both LAUSD teachers. Their kids are LAUSD students. She's on the line today because her school has one counselor for 500 kids...the library has been closed for 8 years because there's no librarian. And there's a nurse once a we
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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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Out of Bounds
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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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Jazz Musicians
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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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Articles
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For Alexandra Syphon, wildfire is all about what fuels it. The chief scientist at Sage Underwriters, a homeowner’s insurance company, studies wildfire, how it relates to human land-use patterns, the climate and vegetation.
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Burning nearly 97,000 acres in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, the Woolsey Fire that began Nov. 8 destroyed nearly 1,700 structures and killed three people. Almost 300,000 fled their homes.
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The issues are not much different, pay increases, class sizes, and more resources. This time, experts say, something is different in the latest LAUSD teachers' strike, the first in 30 years.
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The teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District today pledged to go ahead with the first teachers strike in Los Angeles in 30 years tomorrow, saying they didn't receive a new contract offer over the weekend.
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In 2016, Nancy Paulikas, a 55-year-old retired computer engineer diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, became separated from her husband at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Their stories appeared on SoCal Connected in 2018. Here are the five stories to keep an eye on in the coming year.
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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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