Homelessness on the rise in California - 20 Oct 09

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Unemployment is well above the national average and homelessness is on the rise in what's known as America's Golden State.

Continuing our series of dispatches on the hard times that have hit the US state of California, Rob Reynolds reports from the city of Fresno, where a homeless community is being forced to fend for itself.

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