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The real story of 'Patient Zero', California Democrats eye a possible supermajority, is SoCal the capital of science fiction?
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Oct 27, 2016
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The real story of 'Patient Zero', California Democrats eye a possible supermajority, is SoCal the capital of science fiction?

Debunking the Gaetan Dugas 'Patient Zero' theory, California Democrats eye a supermajority, how LA has been an inspiration for sci-fi stories.

Still from the 1982 sci-fi classic Blade Runner. The film featured the famed Million Dollar Theatre in many scenes ...
Still from the 1982 sci-fi classic Blade Runner. The film featured the famed Million Dollar Theatre in many scenes ...
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Debunking the Gaetan Dugas 'Patient Zero' theory, California Democrats eye a supermajority, how LA has been an inspiration for sci-fi stories.

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Despite recent reforms, the state and county spent $15 billion on incarceration and nearly $6 billion responding to criminal acts.
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An LA Times story revealed that thousands of men and women who had been paid bonuses to re-enlist were being asked to give the money back. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter ordered the Pentagon to suspend efforts to claw back these funds.
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For decades, there was a belief about how HIV/AIDS spread to the US — that it was due to one flight attendant. But that may be wrong.
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Distracted walking among middle and high school students is partly to blame
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On this week's State of Affairs, what's behind GOP dead zones in LA County, voter confusion over ballot props, and Justin Timberlake's ballot selfie controversy.
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If Democratic lawmakers in California regain a supermajority in the state capitol this November, what would that mean for the state?
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"It was all completely arbitrary and ridiculous. People would come up with these names based on their families or their hobbies."
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This weekend's 'Science Fiction Los Angeles' event explores why L.A. has been such an incubator of and inspiration for sci-fi stories.