SoCal Connected: In the Studio

Maria Bamford's last comedy special was performed in front of a sold-out crowd of two - her parents. It was a set as intimate as the subject matter.

Newspapers are being placed on the endangered species list, but Orange County Register owner Aaron Kushner might just be the man to save them.

Southern California felt its biggest earthquake in years a few weeks ago. That also served as a test of an early warning system designed to alert key players when a quake begins. Dr. Lucy Jones of the U.S. Geological Survey talks to Madeleine about trying to save lives with their early earthquake warning system.

A lot has changed since the days of "The Cosby Show." Eric Deggans, author of "Race-Baiter," says the quest for bigger audiences is making media stoke the flames of racism.

Has the iPhone finally found a worthy opponent?

The verdict has been handed down in the City of Bell corruption scandal. Jeff Gottlieb, the Pulitzer-winning journalist who helped break the story, gives his take on the ruling.

Ramiro Gomez installs cardboard cutouts of day laborer and domestic workers in Beverly Hills and West L.A. to show lives overlooked by most.

The stock market is soaring and Wall Street is celebrating, but is the economic recovery real for the rest of us? Economist Chris Thornberg gives Madeleine his prognosis for the ailing economy.

"Washington Post" editor Rajiv Chandrasekaran, who chronicled his time in Iraq's green zone in a bestselling book, talks about the state of the country today.

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is the first Pope from Latin America, so what changes are ahead from the historically European papal seat?

Amid violence, poverty, and discrimination, girls around the world strive to receive an education. Filmmaker Richard Robbins captured the stories of nine of them.

LAX. The L.A. River. Pershing Square. They're all disasters, according to architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne. But he has some ideas on how transform them.

Money issues and a shakeup at MOCA's board of directors may call for the museum to be absorbed by LACMA.

With 3-D printing machines, you can make everything from a chair to a heart valve...to a gun. This is not just an idea. It's a game changer.

Many of the races in the Los Angeles city elections won't be decided until May. Here's a look at the next stage.