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The OC homeless crisis's most influential figure, the painful history of Latina sterilization, the fight against food inequality
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Apr 5, 2018
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The OC homeless crisis's most influential figure, the painful history of Latina sterilization, the fight against food inequality

The OC homeless crisis has one man at its center, Mexican American women were disproportionately selected for sterilization, fighting food inequality with a sliding scale.

The fate of homeless encampments along the Santa Ana River in Orange County may come down to whether a federal judge decides there are alternative places in the county for homeless people to sleep.
The fate of homeless encampments along the Santa Ana River in Orange County may come down to whether a federal judge decides there are alternative places in the county for homeless people to sleep.
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The OC homeless crisis has one man at its center, Mexican American women were disproportionately selected for sterilization, fighting food inequality with a sliding scale.

After county leaders proposed, and then backtracked on, sites for new homeless shelters, a federal judge is pressuring Orange County cities to craft alternatives.
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The L.A. Homeless Services Authority is getting about $140 million in new funds. But a state report finds the agency is understaffed and lacks adequate financial management.
We may not have all the details about the YouTube shooter, but one thing that makes her stand out among mass shooters is that she was a woman.
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Eight decades on, a Southern California family is still haunted by what happened at a Pomona institution in the 1930s.
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California went big on freeways during the postwar years, but the days of easy driving and the lifestyle it enabled didn't last long.
ReserveCalifornia.com changed last year, making camp site reservations at California state parks more difficult, some say.
Here are some tips for identifying — and eradicating — the tiny wingless critters that creep into your bed at night.