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.

What J&J Vaccine Stoppage Means for California's Rollout, Settlement with City in Sight Over Homeless in LA, What Dryness in Santa Cruz Mountains Means for Wildfires this Summer

Everyone 16 and Over Are Eligible for Coronavirus Vaccine in LA County on Tuesday, LAUSD Students Finally Heading Back to Class, The Fate of Bruce's Beach

How the Pandemic is Slowing the Census Count, California's Sweeping State Fire Prevention Plan Explained, Fans Are Back at Dodger Stadium.

Biden Takes Executive Action on 'Ghost Guns' and Red Flag Laws, California's New System to Collect Data about the State's Homeless, Apple Launches a Podcast That's Also a Doc Series

What to Expect when California's Economy Opens Back Up, OC DA Todd Spitzer Talks Tough About Crime and Reform

LA and the Getty Collaborate on the Black Heritage Project, How One 'Unfit' Nursing Home Was Still Able to Operate, the Oscar-Nominated Scribe of film 'One Night in Miami'

What it Means That LA County Is In The Orange Tier, We Go Behind-the-Scenes as LAUSD Preps to Reopen Classrooms, The Ongoing Saga of Burbank's Tin Horn Flats Saloon

Looking at the implications Bide's infrastructure proposal has for CA, breaking down another year of drought, and what it takes to reopen CA museums

Asian-American communities are reeling in the wake of surging attacks, Exploring the poignancy of The film “Minari”, and Godzilla vs. Kong hits viewer screens.

Balancing More Vaccines and More Businesses Re-opening With Growing COVID cases, LAPD Program Celebrated for Positive Community Relationships, How Kemp Powers Became Integral to Pixar's "Soul."

SOA on Rob Bonta's AG Appointment and changes to Cash Bail, USC awards $852 million to patients of Dr. George Tyndall, Disneyland Aims to Remodel

Fencing Around Echo Park Lake - and Removal of Homeless - Draws Protests, Gun Violence was Up in 2020, We Say Goodbye to 'Servant of Pod'