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A big part of the new budget deal between Governor Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers concerns CalWORKs, the state's welfare-to-work program. Democratic leaders had resisted cutting the cash assistance portion of the program when unemployment is still so high. Now, they say, both sides have found a middle ground they can live with. Reporter: Julie Small
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California's largest public employee union, the SEIU, says it will change its dues collection system after a 7-2 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court released Thursday. The case involves a special dues hike to lobby against a pair of state ballot measures. Reporter: Scott Shafer
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The City and County of Los Angeles now has its very own climate predictions, thanks to a new UCLA study that took global science and for the first time, made it local. The numbers spell hotter days for L.A., and more of them. Reporter: Kimberly Ayers
End Music: "Chinese Checkers" by Booker T. and the MG's, from the album "The Very Best of Booker T. and the MG's"
