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Minimum wage, LA race relations, Anna Deavere Smith's 'Never Givin' Up'
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Apr 13, 2015
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Minimum wage, LA race relations, Anna Deavere Smith's 'Never Givin' Up'

UC Berkeley study shows nearly 3/4 of working families rely on public assistance, a survey on race relations in L.A., the MLK-inspired play, 'Never Givin' Up.'

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UC Berkeley study shows nearly 3/4 of working families rely on public assistance, a survey on race relations in L.A., the MLK-inspired play, 'Never Givin' Up.'

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The Golden State is doing better than most of the country.
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A new study finds that nearly three-quarters of the people who rely on public assistance programs are members of working families.
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The Forecast - Take Two's weekly lookahead for the week in news.
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President Obama met with Cuba's Raul Castro in the first formal meeting between Cuban and American heads of state in more than 55 years.
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Top execs at media companies continue to rack up compensation that far outweighs that in other industries, even when their firms' financial results falter.
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The US Forest Service says its examining an expired permit from water bottling giant Nestlé that has allowed the company to pump water out of a national forest for years.
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In past decades a big part of the angst over water has focused on a tiny fish no bigger than the size of your finger: The notorious Delta Smelt.
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Surf Air, a California-based members-only private plane service, lets you fly as much as you want for a mere $1,750 a month.
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More than a million children in the United States are without a home.