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 emotional toll of fighting wildfires, the history of arson in the state of California, there's a new puma in the Verdugo mountains.

The biggest fires raging throughout the state, prescribed burns can prevent massive forest fires, a new healthcare program to treat illness with food.

Cranston fire at only 3 percent containment, believe it or not...there is such a thing as monsoon season, it's so hot you can cook meals on your car's dashboard.

Updates from the scene of the Idyllwild and Yosemite fires, a history of California's emission standard, searching for a hot dog that is "Los Angeles incarnate."

LAPD releases body cam footage of the Trader Joes Silverlake standoff, Pasadena explores converting motels into affordable housing, our latest series Parks and Trek.

Temperatures are creeping again and Angelenos are sweating, Santa Monica tries to regulate those rentable electric scooters, the future is cannabis workspaces.

Looking back at the legacy of food-writing icon Jonathan Gold, local businesses report more activity now that Highway 1 has reopened, another heat wave could mean trouble for the power grid

Covered California rates will increase more than 8 percent next year, Russia-U.S. dealings could have an impact on CA politics, California struggles to accommodate refugees.

New report finds some national parks are as smoggy as major cities, how Torrance became SoCal's brewery capital, what to expect from this year's Comic-Con.

LGBT people may be denied the right to adopt children, SoCal has one of the most diverse bee populations on the planet, tips to stay safe when hiking.

Who are the Proud Boys? As Disneyland celebrates its anniversary, we "Eat Like Walt." Meet the all-girl skate collective GRLSWIRL.

Why CA dems endorsed Kevin De León over Dianne Feinstein, Native American tribes' ongoing repatriation claims, an exhibit dedicated to the 710 freeway.