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Rare Plant Rediscovered On Central Coast

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The tiny Santa Ynez groundstar plant grows only in Lompoc. (Photo by: Kristen Nelson)

Botanists Work To Conserve Rare Plant  

After not being seen for decades, a rare native plant was recently rediscovered on the Central Coast. Botanists say the tiny Santa Ynez groundstar grows in the city of Lompoc and nowhere else. 
Reporter: Beth Thornton   

More Unhoused People Living In Vehicles In Los Angeles

Tent encampments on sidewalks are often the public face of the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles. But a new census of the homeless shows a big increase of the unhoused who live in parked vehicles.  
Reporter: David Wagner, LAist 

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