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.

New legislation could bar grand juries from police shooting cases, 'Imitation Game' director Morten Tyldum, a local man is a finalist in the Mars One mission.

Why social media shaming is getting out of hand, President Obama's Cyber Security Summit at Stanford, the Oscars head outdoors for an 11-day event.

The Muslim community remembers the UNC shooting victims, Christopher Hawthorne's 'Third LA,' a look back at some of the most well known sex-filled movies.

A look at President Obama's cyber intelligence center, what Ferguson is like six months after Michael Brown's shooting, cultural impact of Alabama's gay marriage debate.

The vaccination debate heats up to the point that it is banned from discussion in some parent groups, a real-life sniper shares his reaction to 'American Sniper.'

Trying to fund road projects as gas taxes fizzle, 'Grand Budapest Hotel' cinematographer Robert Yeoman, and the influence of anonymous comments online

An interview with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Columbia's 'Black Girls Matter' study, life for employees after the Sony hack

How California stacks up with vaccination policies, the Affordable Care Act changes the way you file taxes in 2015, the Anthem hack and personal data security.

A doctor in Northridge explains why he is not treating unvaccinated kids, a black officer talks about his experience on the beat, five hockey teams head to California.

The role of politicians in the measles outbreak, an interview with Hudson Yang of ABC's 'Fresh Off the Boat,' Radioshack shutting locations.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals applications, 8.6 percent of state prisoners have Valley fever, Eddie Redmayne talks 'The Theory of Everything.'

A friendly debate on who will win Super Bowl XLIX, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez introduces employee rights for cheerleaders, Disney's first Hispanic princess.