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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Driver's Licenses for the Undocumented

    California has more than 23 million motorists, but one and a half million of them are here illegally.  On the first day of next year, a new state law will let them apply for drivers' licenses — with the goal of safer streets and more drivers covered by auto insurance.

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    By Warren Olney • Dec 18, 2014 • 24m Listen

    California has more than 23 million motorists, but one and a half million of them are here illegally. On the first day of next year, a new state law will let them apply for drivers' licenses — with the goal of safer streets and more drivers covered by auto insurance. Also, a video made by Invisible Children went viral two years ago, raising millions for the capture a brutal Ugandan warlord. But Joseph Kony is still at large, and Invisible Children is closing its doors.

    Photo: Saul Gonzalez

    In this episode

    2 stories
    1. 0:27

      Undocumented Drivers Can Line Up at the DMV

      A large proportion of California drivers aren't allowed to be licensed, no matter how careful they are or how long they've been behind the wheel.  But, in just a couple of weeks, that's going to change and it could affect your next visit to the DMV.

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      10 min
    2. 10:56

      SoCal Nonprofit Invisible Children Closes US Operations

      Remember "Kony 2012?" It was a video that went viral, especially among Millennials -- raising millions of dollars for Invisible Children , a nonprofit few people had heard of before. Its target, Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, was kidnapping kids to be soldiers for his Lord's Resistance Army.

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      13 min
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Claire Martin

      Producer, To the Point/Which Way LA?

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

      News

    In this episode

    2 stories
    1. 0:2710 min

      Undocumented Drivers Can Line Up at the DMV

    2. 10:5613 min

      SoCal Nonprofit Invisible Children Closes US Operations

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