Take Two

The pandemic hit our most vulnerable populations the hardest. We look back - and ahead on the issue of housing and homelessness. Plus, we unwind with the best tunes of 2020.

This week, we look back at 2020 - and ahead to 2021 - and today we zero in on the spread of COVID-19 and distance learning in LAUSD. Plus, some judges and prosecutors in LA are pushing back on DA Gascon's policies.

Today's show is dedicated to our Race in LA series with LAist.com where Angelenos share their personal stories of how race and ethnicity has shaped their relationship with the world.

What to know about the UK's new COVID-19 variant, coronavirus outbreaks tick up at childcare facilities and how to give this holiday season because kindness is contagious.

COVID-19 relief talks continue in congress as needs mount, ICU nurse pleads to Angelenos to stay home and author Christina Hammonds Reed on her new young adult novel, The Black Kids.

LAUSD first millennial board president Kelly Gonez joins us, California monarchs plummet to low levels and why Tom Cruise freaked out on his crew over COVID-19 protocols

It'll be several months before the general public gets access to the coronavirus vaccine but what checks will be place to make sure it's distributed equitably, LAist's Race in LA series goes back to 1956, and Disney faces pushback for some mask photos.

The first shots of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine are administered, cops may have to be 25 before they get a badge and gun and West Hollywood relies on super heroes to stress importance of wearing masks.

How Gov. Newsom is looking to fill a number of important positions in CA's government, how the coronavirus vaccine will get distributed in LA County and some hot tips for making potato latkes.

CA is expected to get the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in just two days, a low income housing complex for veterans has been destroyed and why the NFL wants to finish the season.

The latest on the November election, Ron Howard on his documentary "Rebuilding Paradise" and what to do this weekend in LA.

Republican Strategist Mike Madrid on how the electorate shaped up, what Measure J could mean for the future of L.A. County and coronavirus cases just keep ticking up across the country.

We look at all that we know about the vote locally, the presidential election and criminal justice reform efforts in CA.

We check-in on voting centers all across L.A. County, what tech companies are doing to neutralize the spread of disinformation and Nick Quah joins us.

L.A. and the OC are seeing a huge wave of early voting and Paola Ramos discusses what it means to be Latinx and how the Latino vote could impact the election.

We catch up on the latest in politics ahead of the election, discuss what could come for immigration policy if Trump is re-elected and what to do this weekend.

The census count is far from over, what's at stake politically and economically from the final count and all the legal challenges against the census count.

The LA Dodgers finally have another World Series, what social service workers are doing to get the homeless vote out in LA and Nick Quah joins us again.

We break down more critical races ahead of next Tuesday, update you on the Silverado Fire and dive into the history of Salvadoreños in the greater Los Angeles area.

The Silverado fire burns about 4,000 acres, today's the first day of our new series on immigration, and all the updates on the World Series.

The Debate, Supreme Court and all those mail in ballots - we dig into it all on State of Affairs, plus we hear from the guy who is helping create the sound of the pandemic World Series.

We are taking a look at the world of politics through the eyes of some young local poets, breaking down some ballot props and discussing the status of homeless students.