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Syrians in SoCal reflect, Aleppo in social media, how LA's homeless will manage oncoming rain
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Dec 15, 2016
Listen • 1:35:52
Syrians in SoCal reflect, Aleppo in social media, how LA's homeless will manage oncoming rain

A Syrian mother and daughter reflect on their country's unrest, how social media has become a tool for spreading empathy, LA's homeless shelters prepare for rain.
Girls carrying school bags provided by UNICEF walk past destroyed buildings on their way home from school on March 7 in the rebel-held al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. So many people have fled the city and so much of its infrastructure has been destroyed that nighttime satellite images show 97 percent less light there compared with four years ago.
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A Syrian mother and daughter reflect on their country's unrest, how social media has become a tool for spreading empathy, LA's homeless shelters prepare for rain.

'My heart is broken': SoCal Syrian Americans react to Aleppo crisis
Listen • 11:37
To many, the unrest in Syria is a world away. But for those of Syrian descent living here in Southern California, it's almost too much to bear.
Rainy nights provide opportunity to reach out to LA's homeless
Listen • 5:27
For the legions of homeless people living in flood-prone areas near riverbeds and freeway overpasses, some storms can be life-threatening.
What Trump's meeting with Silicon Valley leaders means for the future of tech
Listen • 7:33
On Wednesday, president-elect Trump met with 12 Silicon Valley leaders. We explore who was there, who wasn't and what this meeting means for the future of tech.
The Ride: Google and Uber press ahead on self-driving
Listen • 7:10
Google spun off its self-driving car project into a new company called Waymo. And Uber ignores DMV warning, and begins test of autonomous cars in San Francisco.
Gov. Brown gets fired up, Carly Fiorina meets with Trump, and the Field Poll ends
Listen • 16:42
Jerry Brown gets fired up about climate, Carly Fiorina meets with her former rival, and CA's presidential electors gear up to cast their votes for Hillary Clinton.
What it takes to preserve a movie for hundreds of years
Listen • 7:13
"The Breakfast Club," "The Lion King" and more will be preserved by the Library of Congress. But how do you prep a film to be stored so our descendants can watch them, too?