On Tuesday, Take Two looks at why a billboard put up in South L.A. is stirring controversy in the black community. Then, we'll look at a new report which says services for English learners are not living up to expectations. Finally, we'll talk about the history of Los Angeles' helipad law, which has since been done away with this week.
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• 6:15
Some activists worry that the Chinese government will shut down cellular networks as a way to hobble their efforts. The app FireChat fills the gap.
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• 7:57
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx is in Los Angeles on Tuesday as part of a cross-country trip to advocate for more spending on transit infrastructure.
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• 10:27
Novelist Jesmyn Ward grew up in rural Mississippi in a family with French Creole roots. She overcame grinding poverty, a broken family, and deep-seated racism to attend Ivy League schools, write novels and win major awards.
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• 9:39
Justino Aguila and Steve Hochman join Alex Cohen in studio to talk about the latest in new music on this week's Tuesday Reviewsday.
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• 4:12
The billboard offers a startling L.A. county statistic: 1 in 3 black gay men have HIV. Then, in bigger letters, it asks: "IS HE YOUR SON?"
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• 5:30
Deasy has received lots of criticism for his oversight of the controversial iPad program and longtime critics of his autocratic style say they want him fired. But a group of civic leaders are asking the school board to keep Deasy.
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• 3:59
With a decades-old law repealed, architects now have liberty to design buildings that may one day rival iconic skyscrapers like New York City's Chrysler Building.
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• 5:05
While many programs are offered to students in California whose first language is not English, a new report shows the programs are not living up to expectations.
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• 7:41
The report, released by the University of Southern California, finds a quarter of veterans are unemployed and, among those with jobs, many work for meager wages.
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• 4:58
Alfonso Martinez Lopez is a veteran of the Navy. He recounts his experience adapting to civilian life after years in service.
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• 7:36
In California's Stanislaus County, Almonds are king — bringing in a record-breaking $1.125 billion in gross income in 2013.
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• 7:38
Surfing. Street art. Hip hop. Topics not typically part of the news that comes from Africa, but that's the point of a new series of short films part of a project called My Africa Is.
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• 7:44
"The Way, Way Back" was written and directed by Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, the team that won an Oscar for their adapted screenplay for the "Descendants." They stopped by the studio recently to talk about the film.