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Open enrollment begins, a history of South LA's demographic shifts, meet the judges for office number 84
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Nov 1, 2016
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Open enrollment begins, a history of South LA's demographic shifts, meet the judges for office number 84

Covered California's open enrollment kicks off today, a look at South LA's demographic shift and the launch of our new series looking at the judicial candidates.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 18:  The Covered California website is displayed during a healthcare enrollment fair at the office of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West on March 18, 2014 in San Francisco, California. With less than two weeks to go before the deadline to sign up for healthcare, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) held a free healthcare enrollment fair to help people sign up for free and low-cost health coverage through Medi-Cal or Covered California.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 18: The Covered California website is displayed during a healthcare enrollment fair at the office of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West on March 18, 2014 in San Francisco, California. With less than two weeks to go before the deadline to sign up for healthcare, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) held a free healthcare enrollment fair to help people sign up for free and low-cost health coverage through Medi-Cal or Covered California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Covered California's open enrollment kicks off today, a look at South LA's demographic shift and the launch of our new series looking at the judicial candidates.

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Five tips for those who will be shopping for 2017 individual or family health insurance policies through the Covered California exchange.
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This year, eight candidates are running for four spots on L.A. Superior Court. "You don’t just define it simply by incarceration or punishment of an individual. But trying to make life better for the community..." says Javier Perez, a supervising criminal prosecutor.
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This year, eight candidates are running for four spots on L.A. Superior Court. "When you really think about what a courtroom is, it is really a venue for conflict resolution and the judge is really the most important person..." says Susan Jung Townsend, a criminal fraud prosecutor.
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According to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics, the number of hospitalizations among kids and teens was on an upward trend between 1997 and 2012.
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'The Distance Between Us' chronicles Reyna Grande's experience being left behind in an impoverished Mexican town, while her parents went in search of work across the border.
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On day one of filming, 13-year-old Aishol-pan took a new eagle from its mother's nest on a Kazakh mountainside. Bell was hooked.
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Once predominantly African American, Latinos now make up the majority of South LA. Shared experiences have bonded the groups in some unique ways, the report reveals.
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Earthquakes in the early 20th century, like a devastating one in Long Beach, might have been caused by oil drilling that destabilized the earth.
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According to a new article published in Education Next, African-American students are less likely to be suspended by African-American teachers than by white ones.
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Rhiannon McGavin, LA's new Youth Poet Laureate on her new role, the internet's role in poetry today and how her poetry career started with a crush on a boy.
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"Is this Drake’s new mid-life crisis now that he’s turning 30?" asks Oliver Wang.