Take Two

The city council voted 12 to 2 to cut $150 million from LAPD's budget, Gov. Newsom orders closure of LA restaurants and the city launches the LA Department of Civil and Human Rights.

Hugo's Tacos temporarily closes after conflicts with customers over wearing masks, why some people resist masks and Congresswoman Karen Bass on police reform.

LA County is considering budget cuts, how systemic racism is a pervasive issue in American life and John Horn on his podcast Hollywood,The Sequel.

Weekly California political news round-up, Hotel owners reopen for the first time since closures brought on by pandemic, Tom Papa ventures out on the road again.

Disney will remake Splash Mountain, Visit California releases standards for how to travel within the statement safely, summertime in the time of COVID.

Defunding the school district police, why suicide amongst Black youth is on the rise, police reform according to someone with decades of experience.

Longtime Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar was arrested by the FBI this morning, as coronavirus cases climb the state continues to reopen.

California's proposed budget gets an overhaul, how entertainment may change in the wake of the pandemic, how to go about police reform with Jorja Jeep.

A mandatory mask order from Governor Newsom could cause a clash with local authorities, millions of Americans observe Juneteenth today and what to do this weekend.

SCOTUS ruled to continue DACA for now, KPCC's Austin Cross reflects on lessons he was taught about living while Black and we learn about a new VR game about race.

LAUSD teachers: to strike or not to strike? Which films wowed at the Telluride Film Festival, life after internment...according to Japanese-Americans.

The affect of Harvard's discrimination here in L.A., a new column that focuses on lady health issues, hunting treasure on Los Angeles beaches.

Santa Monica decides which scooter companies it will work with, Figueroa adds bike lanes near USC, California's Community Colleges end remedial courses.

How SoCal cities are responding to sea level rise, why L.A.'s job growth is so sluggish, a homeless housing initiative in Van Nuys lacks proper permitting.

A look at how the Trump Administration's new trade deal with Mexico might affective state, evictions may lead to homelessness, how pelicans recover from oil spills.

Al Gore will be in L.A. this week to run environmentalist activist training, tensions over homeless housing rise in Venice, music on the Porch Day in Highland Park.

Teachers in the L.A. Unified School District started voting Thursday on whether or not to strike, Arizona State University announced it will set up a campus in downtown L.A., Australians fighting California wildfires

The city moves to sue the U.S. Department of Justice, meet Pomona native and NASA-SpaceX astronaut Victor J. Glover, LAPD's new anti-street racing enforcement team.

The effects of Cohen and Manafort, ACLU on California bail reform, the state's net neutrality bill gets another shot in the assembly.

Bail reform loses support from ACLU, what utility fire liability changes can mean for consumers, the criteria to make something an official monument.

What's the potential for more fires this year? Charter Spectrum poises itself to launch a new 24-hour local news channel, new developments on Parker center debate.

CA politicians debate who should pay for post-fire cleanup, from the ashes of the L.A. riots came an urban farm, how to eat well while camping.