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                        Report says a single parent with two kids needs to make at least $60 an hour to cover the costs of living comfortably in the region.
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                        United Way report factors in things like the cost of housing and gas, which aren't used by the federal government to calculate poverty.
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                        There’s a nonprofit based on the South Coast that aims to empower impoverished women in Africa in an unusual way. Thousand Oaks-based The Greater…