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.

Several people allege that Rick Jacobs, a consultant to LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, sexually harassed them, what's happening with movie theaters and Nick Quah joins us.

We break down the latest on voting in SoCal, what the future of amusement parks will be and the Target in Hollywood is getting read to open Sunday.

We discuss the latest on flu shots in LA County, what's happening in the OC's congressional districts and Dodgers advance in World Series.

The latest in CA and national politics, our latest installment of our Race in LA series and what to do this weekend online and in-person with KPCC's Leo Duran.

COVID-19 continues to hit mom and pop shops hard, parents on how remote learning is going and indigenous writers send a message to Hollywood about representation.

L.A. City Council votes to send unarmed civilians for substance abuse calls, Supreme Court will allow Trump to end census early and we check in with Nick Quah.

Vote centers will open soon in L.A. and Orange County, Health officials say crackdowns at workplaces have saved Blacks and Latinos amid COVID-19 and what it's like to be a Californian in Texas.

We discuss yesterday's Armenian solidarity protest, mail in ballots have been sent out to registered voters in the OC and what voting's been like in Indian Country.

Kamala Harris is going to have to turn on a dime from the debate, we gear up to celebrate International Girl's Day and what to do this weekend.

Mayor Eric Garcetti joins Take Two, how the Green New Deal would affect CA and why more and more non-gamers are turning to Twitch during COVID-19.

The Los Angeles District Attorney race is shaping up to be a referendum on criminal justice reform, movie theaters vow to stay open and we check in with Nick Quah.

We discuss the official start of California's election season, bid farewell to rock legend Eddie Van Halen, and explore the new college admissions process.