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Update: 2020-08-174
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Fear, rumors, and looking the other way. How salesmen have sold the fantasy of California City for so long.

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Imperfect Paradise: Gender-affirming care for transgender youth is at risk in LA and nationwide

Imperfect Paradise: Gender-affirming care for transgender youth is at risk in LA and nationwide

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Imperfect Paradise: Health workers say ICE agents at hospitals are compromising patient care

Imperfect Paradise: Health workers say ICE agents at hospitals are compromising patient care

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Imperfect Paradise: California's new free public preschool program for 4-year-olds

Imperfect Paradise: California's new free public preschool program for 4-year-olds

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Imperfect Paradise: Who pays for the 2028 Olympics? LA taxpayers may be on the hook

Imperfect Paradise: Who pays for the 2028 Olympics? LA taxpayers may be on the hook

2025-11-0735:19

Imperfect Paradise: Why the site of the largest methane leak in US history still hasn’t been shut down

Imperfect Paradise: Why the site of the largest methane leak in US history still hasn’t been shut down

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Imperfect Paradise: How becoming a US citizen just got harder under the Trump administration and what it means for Angelenos

Imperfect Paradise: How becoming a US citizen just got harder under the Trump administration and what it means for Angelenos

2025-10-2426:09

Imperfect Paradise: Prop 50: Is California’s redistricting push a threat to democracy or a defense of it?

Imperfect Paradise: Prop 50: Is California’s redistricting push a threat to democracy or a defense of it?

2025-10-1735:48

Imperfect Paradise: An LA Commission created to tackle city government scandals is being stymied

Imperfect Paradise: An LA Commission created to tackle city government scandals is being stymied

2025-10-1025:22

Imperfect Paradise: Reports about failures in response to the January LA fires and a 2018 fire have striking similarities

Imperfect Paradise: Reports about failures in response to the January LA fires and a 2018 fire have striking similarities

2025-10-0327:15

Imperfect Paradise: How union organizing is being upended by private universities in Southern California

Imperfect Paradise: How union organizing is being upended by private universities in Southern California

2025-09-2621:11

Imperfect Paradise: Why California's protest law is flawed and the consequences to protesters

Imperfect Paradise: Why California's protest law is flawed and the consequences to protesters

2025-09-1928:41

Where Dreams Go To Die

Where Dreams Go To Die

2020-12-2226:13

Bonus Episode: Cashing In On The Desert

Bonus Episode: Cashing In On The Desert

2020-09-1153:39

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

2020-08-2438:27

Open Secret

Open Secret

2020-08-1733:40

The Hunted Becomes The Hunter

The Hunted Becomes The Hunter

2020-08-1032:21

The Tragedy That Occurred

The Tragedy That Occurred

2020-08-0324:39

Soldiers of the Sale

Soldiers of the Sale

2020-07-2742:12

A Man with a Dream

A Man with a Dream

2020-07-2042:30

Turning Desert Dust Into Gold

Turning Desert Dust Into Gold

2020-07-1351:51

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