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There were more than 900 murders in Acapulco last year. Violence is so pervasive in this city, once a premiere Mexican tourist destination, that criminology has become a thriving new profession.

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Fleeing violence from her hometown in Honduras, Gabriela Rodriguez traveled thousands of miles with her daughter to the Mexico - U.S. border in Tijuana. This short documentary follows her as she weighed her options to cross into the U.S., hoping to leave behind her past.

National Geographic

In Brazil, where a legal iPhone has the world's highest price tag, a smartphone black market has emerged to satisfy demand for the device.

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A California toddler learns to cope with the effects of a mysterious disease that paralyzes.

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In exchange for valuable tax breaks from the city five years ago, tech companies have been flocking to San Francisco's low-income Tenderloin and Mid-Market neighborhoods. As the area improves, will long-time residents get left behind?

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Police are increasingly investigating opioid overdoses as homicides and prosecuting addicts who procure drugs for others. Heroin user Fred Rebmann was recently sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. 

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As many schools around the country start the year virtually, residents in rural communities like those in West Virginia are asking why they don’t have reliable Internet service. The recent bankruptcy of Frontier Communications provides insight into how U.S. broadband policies have fallen short for many Americans.

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Violent confrontations between police and protestors during the 1999 World Trade Organization conference changed the way police respond to protests in the U.S. Here’s how we got to the militarized police tactics we see today.

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While the agriculture industry is increasingly taking improved coronavirus safety measures in the fields, H-2A guest farmworkers are often returning to crowded motels where coronavirus outbreaks have already spread. WSJ reporter Alejandro Lazo reports from Santa Maria, Calif.

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An area of Mexico City known as "Little L.A.," has evolved into a hub for migrants from the U.S. Israel Concha, who was deported after more than 30 years, now devotes his time to helping other deportees rebuild their lives in a place they hardly know. 

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Wayne Hage may be the last cowboy in his family, ending a tradition of cattle ranching that started during the Civil War. The Hages have been fighting with the federal government over grazing rights on Nevada public lands.

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Brazil's largest landfill closed this month leaving thousands of scavengers, and the 35,000 people living nearby, fearing more poverty and an increase in crime while the economy struggles to provide jobs. We followed Sandra Montes and her husband Emerson Oliveira de Souza as they trawled through tons of waste just days before the site closed. 

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California wildfires cost insurance companies more than $24 billion over the past two years. As those insurers look to cover their losses, here’s a look at how homeowners like Grass Valley resident Christy Hubbard are paying the price.

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More Chinese families are sending their children to study in the U.S., and students are coming at an ever younger age. Ken Yan, age 11, left his home in Jiangxi province, China, to start a new life with a host family in Orange County, Calif.

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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program has allowed undocumented immigrants like Jirayut Latthivongskorn to attend medical school for the first time. Now his future is in question, as president-elect Donald Trump has pledged to “immediately terminate” the program.

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Threatened with tariffs from the U.S., Mexico recently agreed to enforce its border with Guatemala. The country now has less than a month to contain surging migration from Central America. WSJ’s Santiago Perez travels to southern Mexico to see the effects of increased border enforcement.

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Despite enthusiastic backing for President Donald Trump and pleas for a stronger border, Arizona ranchers are conflicted in their support for Trump’s promise to build a wall along the border with Mexico.

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After three floods in three years, will residents of Houston's Meyerland neighborhood rebuild again after Hurricane Harvey or leave for good?

National Geographic/ UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

After Effects explainer video showing how a common phone trafficking operation works. 

San Francisco Chronicle

UC Berkeley is pioneering a program for disabled athletics, with the ultimate goal to make competitive sports for disabled athletes part of the NCAA.

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Kai Kloepfer, 19, has developed a prototype gun that unlocks with a fingerprint sensor, like a smartphone. Could it save lives?

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Immigration from Mexico was a hot-button issue on the presidential campaign trail. But some business owners, like Joe Hargrave, are struggling to hire enough staff because of a shortage of workers from Mexico. 

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In the desert outside of Las Vegas, Nev., the tech elite gather at a conference that combines the hard-partying of Burning Man with the ideals of a Ted talk. Is the Further Future festival a glimpse at the future of entrepreneurism?

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Environmentalists are suing the federal government in a case that could end cattle ranching in Point Reyes National Seashore in California, arguing the herds are harmful to wildlife and not a natural part of the landscape.

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As container ships grow to unprecedented lengths, the pilots tasked with driving the mega ships to port face new challenges. The bar pilots of the San Francisco Bay are learning to adapt to these new giant vessels.

KQED/ Center for Investigative Reporting

"State of Surveillance" examines new technologies police departments are using to fight crime and the civil liberties concerns raised by these tools. 

Richmond Confidential

JoAnn Ford is a Richmond native and has raised seven children in the Iron Triangle. After battling several health issues herself, she has become an advocate for improving health outcomes in Richmond. 

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Bouncers at the Bull and Bear Whiskey Bar & Taphouse in Monterey, Calif., recently attended a class to sharpen their skills and learn how to keep cool in heated situations.

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As mass shootings capture the national spotlight with more frequency, some experts are pushing for a radical solution: teaching empathy in schools. An elementary school in Richmond, Calif., is using one program to teach social emotional learning to its students.

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As wildfires increase in frequency across the Western U.S., they're unveiling a treasure trove of cultural artifacts for archeologists.

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The solar energy and cannabis movements in the U.S. are uniquely tied to a community in Northern California. Now, an idealist businessman at the center of the two industries is looking to create an eco-tourism center that highlights their intertwined history. 

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Paris was rocked by a series of assaults involving multiple explosions and gunfire Friday night. French police said dozens were killed in six locations, including a popular concert hall.

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Golden State Warriors General Manager Bob Myers shows off his workout routine: playing one-on-one basketball with other coaches from the NBA championship team.

Oakland North

Born completely deaf in his left ear and “hard of hearing” in his right, Antoine Hunter is the founder and director of Urban Jazz Dance Company and the President of the Bay Area Deaf Advocates.

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 A controversial vendor show and conference training first responders draws criticism over the militarization of law enforcement. 

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Roughly 100 owner-operator truck drivers staged demonstration at the Port of Oakland on Monday, Oct. 21, halting the flow of commerce for most of the day.

Film that documents the process of a small group of San Quentin Prison inmates rehearsing and performing the play entitled “’Til You Know My Story”, while following the personal stories of the incarcerated actors.

A short profile of cellist Lyn Fulkerson and her unusual profession.

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The Space Cowboys, a collective from the popular Burning Man festival, have converted a Mercedes Unimog military truck into the ultimate party on wheels.

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Jeremy Blum has designed and built a home-automation system in his San Francisco apartment that he calls JARVIS: Jeremy's Astute Residential Virtual Intelligent System.

In 2012, Vallejo, California became the first city in the U.S. to approve participatory budgeting (PB) citywide. Over the course of the budget year, more than 4000 residents and stakeholders helped decide how to spend over $3 million in tax revenue. This short video recaps Vallejo's first year of PB.

In the spring of 2013, the 9th grade Ethnic Studies class at Coliseum College Prep in Oakland, CA launched an education campaign to end Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC), the overrepresentation of youth of color at nearly every point of contact with the juvenile justice system.

A day in the life of a burger from the Telegraph Beer Garden.

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Creative Artists Agency President Richard Lovett spoke to The Wall Street Journal about about his iced green tea addiction, the best way to say no in the entertainment business and how to handle a contentious negotiation. 

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Gray wolves, eradicated from California and the Western U.S. for most of the past century, have just returned to the Golden State. While conservationists are rejoicing, ranchers and hunters worry the wolves may attack animals.