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.

Berlin's act of terror, the cost on Amazon's drivers for speed and convenience, the legal defense fund for undocumented immigrants who face deportation.

The Electoral College meets in state capitols around the country on Monday, Donald Trump's unprecedented security move, do celebrity medical endorsements matter?

The Department of Justice's federal investigation into the use of jailhouse informants in Orange County, the latest on former Sheriff Baca's trial, driving safely in the rain.

A Syrian mother and daughter reflect on their country's unrest, how social media has become a tool for spreading empathy, LA's homeless shelters prepare for rain.

Some scientists are worried data may be lost in the next administration, the latest on CA's high speed rail project, the best strategies for visiting Santa.

More about the election winners in the L.A. County Superior court judge races, the proposal to legalize street vending in LA moves forward, and flagging fake news.

Is the U.S. still vulnerable to Russian hacks? Did reality T.V. helped Trump win the election? The efforts to have an Oakland fire victim's name reflected accurately in the media.

California Energy Commissioner talks wind energy and CA, Daryl Davis and his conversations with the KKK, is a real or fake Christmas tree better for the environment?

After almost five years as head of DCFS, Philip Browning is stepping down, Apple and VW enter the autonomous car, Wells Fargo tries to kill individual lawsuits.

A Pearl Harbor survivor recounts his story, L.A. County Board of Supervisors approve tax to tackle homelessness, San Bernardino takes next step in bankruptcy exit plan.

The increased security on Metro due to a threat, 300 Muslim leaders collaborated to send the president-elect a message, hotels strategizing to lure in millennials.

The Ghost Ship fire in Oakland becomes one of the deadliest in California history, Gloria Steinem on the future of feminism under President Trump, Santa's Village grand re-opening.