Take Two

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.

A look at the community a year after the San Bernardino attacks and where the fight against terror might go from here, locally, nationally and globally.

Lawmakers in the House and Senate's plan to forgive California National Guard debt, doing away with self-checkout registers, the EPA's aggressive plan to reduce auto emissions.

Steven Mnuchin's track record in tinsel town, the Dakota pipeline debate stretches to California, the state demolishes the Palos Verdes Bay boys clubhouse.

How LAPD is responding to hate crimes, Democrats seize supermajority in the California legislature, photo editing helps ex-gang members see what could've been

President-elect claims voter fraud in California, Fidel Castro's death and its impact on Cubans in SoCal, exploring 111 things to do in Los Angeles

The not often talked about grocery placement industry, SoCal residents on their unique Thanksgiving traditions, the case against using the term 'alt-right.'

What's the future of the president-elect's relationship with the media? Steps to staving off Thanksgiving loneliness, how products are being marketed post-election.

Will California Trump supporters be more vocal now that their candidate has won? A chat with Rams stadium designer, what's the future of Tesla and solar energy?

We find out why COVID-19 Cases at LA homeless shelters were below average up until the holidays, how environmental protections will change with a Biden White House and about the new West Hollywood program to fill out vacant storefronts with art installations.

We ask an expert about LA's post-holiday rise in COVID cases, examine what police reform might look like In 2021 and talk about new state laws in the New Year.

From Gavin Newsom's rough second year as Governor to the state of the city finances to questions about who will fill the seat of Attorney General, there's a lot to review at the end of 2020.

Los Angeles County is the epicenter of the pandemic, but Governor Newsom did dangle a plan to get kids back to school, plus a look back at Hollywood in 2020.

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.