Take Two

KPCC's Frank Stoltze and Alice Walton join the show with an election roundup; Senate immigration bill approved by committee in bipartisan vote; Technology's role in saving lives before a natural disaster; UCLA study pinpoints which cities, states have the most gay parents; Telemundo and the future of Spanish-language TV in the US; Erika Aguilar reports on what's it like to fly on an LAPD helicopter patrol, plus much more.

We'll check in at the polls to see how the LA mayoral election is progressing, and ask why people choose not to vote?; Has Los Angeles always had a low voter turnout problem?; LA County to weigh severing ties with troubled foster-care contractor; SoCal first responders head to tornado-stricken Oklahoma; Former IRS head Douglas Shulman faces tough questions at Senate hearing; The ongoing campaign to remake Baja's tarnished image, plus much more.

Homeland Security union says immigration bill will weaken public safety; UC hospital employees plan to strike over pension changes, pay; African clawed frogs spreading deadly fungus in California; Riding along with the port pilots of Los Angeles; Election Eve: What you need to know before heading to the polls; LA Kitchen aims to curb food waste, plus much more.

House 'Gang of Eight' reaches deal on immigration proposal; Can Trutanich survive Feuer in LA city attorney’s race?; Test driving the office treadmill desk with writer Susan Orlean; Mojave Desert star parties bring space geeks together; 'Fruit Hunters' follows Bill Pullman's quest to grow exotic fruit in Hollywood; Friday Flashback: IRS scandal, budget deficit and more, plus much more.

Can House and Senate agree on an immigration reform plan?; Affordable Care Act may not cover all Native Americans; NASA's Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft in jeopardy; Teen cooking show teaches culture, cameras and chopping skills; Joe Mantegna on bringing 'Glengarry Glen Ross' to the stage, plus much more.

Senate approves 5-year farm bill while House readies its own; Payday lenders find ways to skirt Military Lending Act; National Transportation Safety Board recommends lowering DUI limit to 0.05 percent; Are political-minded tech moguls America's new oligarchs?; Women lose political footing at Los Angeles City Hall; Can Mexico's booming tech industry last? Plus much more.

LAUSD board to make decisions on breakfast in classroom, suspensions; NJ Gov. Chris Christie gets big money from California donors; Gov. Brown readies updated budget with $4.5 billion in new revenue; Green card lottery would be axed under Gang of Eight immigration bill; TV Upfronts: Which shows got axed and which are coming back?; Tuesday Reviewsday: Huey Lewis, Frank Turner, She & Him, plus much more.

One week out, we'll take a look at the status of the race for Los Angeles Mayor and find out how difficult it is to run a city as large as LA; California health exchange to hand out millions in outreach grants; Some in California want tougher gun background checks; LA's housing market tightens as number of available homes drop; Design school publishes anti-gun violence children’s books; Report: College may not be a smart investment for everyone, plus much more.

LA transit officials find $43.6 million in fund that 'fell through the cracks'; Bratton group pinpoints problems with Oakland's police force; Los Angeles fails to foster diversity for city contract deals; 'The Source Family' looks back at radical utopian living in 1970s Los Angeles; A look ahead to the 2013 TV/Digital Upfronts; Friday Flashback, and more.

S. Korean president Park Geun-Hye meets with Brown, Villaraigosa; Why are there so few Asian Americans in LA politics?; Are there really 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US?; Lawmakers and unions speak out against Koch brothers' interest in LA Times; Picture This: Donna DeCesare gets inside the world of Central American gangs; 405 Freeway construction running overbudget, behind schedule, plus much more.

How CA Can Achieve 100 Percent Clean Energy, People REALLY Want to Go Back to the Movies, Reformer Rob Bonta Named Attorney General of California.

Activists Bracing for a Possible Sweep of Homeless at Echo Park Lake, Answers to Your Questions About What Health Conditions Can Secure You a Vaccine, Bioluminescent Waves are Back

AstraZeneca shown to be effective in U.S. clinical trials, there's some history behind Gov. Newsom's relationship with Blue Shield, Keeping Faith in a Pandemic

Newsom Recall Organizers Say They've Turned in 2.1 Million Signatures, Faith Leaders Offer Healing Words for Pandemic, How LA's City College Kept Up Enrollment

Possible replacements for Xavier Becerra as California AG, how the climate is driving people to the border, why we baked so much bread in the pandemic

LA's Asian American Community Respond to Atlanta Shootings, the Proven Benefits of a Universal Basic Income, the HFPA Says it Will Bring in More Black Members

Attorney Peter Hardin runs for Orange County DA as a reform candidate again Todd Spitzer, looking back on death of Latasha Harlins, one family's battle for Bruce's Beach

With LA opening back up a little more to allow for more indoor hangouts, people on the street are feeling mixed, business owners are excited, and medical professionals are still prescribing caution

Newsom Recall Signatures Due Next Week, Prepping Students to Go to Back to Schools That'll Feel Really Different, LA's Largo is Still Dark, But Feeling Optimistic

A year later, how California handled the pandemic; kids and their parents discuss vaccine hesitancy and how to get past it; why Political Data, Inc. ditched its republican clients.

LA could receive as much as $1.3 billion from the American Rescue Plan, LAUSD Students Could Return to School April 19th, and LA County's Efforts to Vaccine People in Communities Hardest Hit by COVID-19,

State of Affairs and how California is rethinking its vaccine rollout, Glendale Unified wants to open in March, but union is pushing for April, making the movie 'Minari'