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.

A California ruling on affordable housing is shaking things up for developers, new data about single-parent homes, Tuesday Reviewsday's new music.

Osamudia James talks about how being black is based on more than how you look, an update on the Transpacific Trade deal, the 'Limited Partnership' love story.

Young adults define success differently from their parents, the unveiling of a new 'micro-neighborhood in LA's Echo Park,' Bao Nguyen's 'Live From New York!'

The effects of Rupert Murdoch's departure from 21st Century Fox, car buyers and financing, Homer and Marge Simpson separate after 27 years.

Transparency in police shooting investigations, online doctor reviews, how the NBA Finals are shaping up so far.

A history of pools and segregation, what's next for California's high-speed rail, and how parents watch out for teens in the age of the Internet.

A look at the roadblocks for Obama's immigration reform, the challenges of depression and pregnancy, the sounds of 'Love and Mercy.'

What's at stake in Mexico's upcoming elections, a teacher in Hayward, California, asks Steph Curry not to go to his school, Crown and the M.O.B.

A look at the shooting of Feras Morad in Long Beach, the homeless and their struggle with getting IDs, the week in sports with the Kamenetzky brothers.

A look at what it means to switch gender publicly, how to broach the subject of racism with your kids, and how businesses are dealing with the drought

Changes are expected after the Patriot Act expired, the Washington Post's report on police-involved shootings in 2015, a look at the workout world in 'Results.'