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.
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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
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
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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2020-10-28T22:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
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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2020-11-04T21:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
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2020-11-07T11:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
The New Normal
Season 9
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: year-around fire.
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2020-11-11T21:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
Under the Influence
Season 9
Influencers - they are powerful, persuasive, and they are everywhere. Marketers use them to reach you, to form what you buy, how you live, and what you do. You may not know it, but you could be living under the influence.
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2020-11-18T21:00:00-08:00KCET-HD
Articles
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Pointing again to younger residents as driving forces behind coronavirus case numbers, Los Angeles County's public health director warned that large and small gatherings are a continued major source of COVID-19 transmission.
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The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to create a pilot program to divert nonviolent emergency calls involving mental health issues from armed police officers to unarmed professionals.
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City officials reminded Los Angeles motorists that relaxed parking enforcement measures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are scheduled to end Thursday.
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One day after an estimated 100,000 people marched through Mid-City in support of Armenia and hundreds more gathered downtown to celebrate the Lakers' NBA Finals victory, Los Angeles County health officials urged attendees to get tested for the coronavirus
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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials announced free service will be provided on Election Day, Nov. 3, and vote-by-mail ballot drop off boxes have been placed at 19 rail and bus stations.
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On a day that indoor shopping malls were permitted to reopen at limited capacity, Los Angeles County today reported its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in six weeks.
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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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As Hugh prepares for the operation to donate his kidney to his father, Jim finds it difficult receiving extra attention from the family. Hugh's estranged wife, Harriet, unexpectedly arrives from America, and Ajax tries to win Hayley back.
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Huell travels to the Mojave Desert's El Mirage Dry Lake, one of the world's best spots for land sailors.
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Huell visits In-N-Out Burger, which let cameras inside the restaurant for the very first time to shoot this special.
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Huell travels to the Tehachapi Mountains to visit The Cesar Chavez Foundation.