Take Two

Today's show was devoted to LAist's Racism 101 project: how to be an ally, what it mean to 'code switch' and defund the police, the legacy of slavery

Plan to spend $88 Million of LAPD budget on poor communities moves forward, the challenges of vaccinating California's farmworkers, film production comes back to LA.

Compton Unified reopens schools March 8, how the pandemic has compounded our grief, a wind power company to breed California Condors to replace those killed by turbines

LA's Board of Supervisors have a plan to use vacant property to house the homeless, explaining how vaccine passports might work, more vaccine doses being set aside for LAUSD staff.

State of Affairs and California's new relief package, the fight over "hero pay" for grocery store workers, how state regulators are prepping our grid for extreme heat this summer

West Covina Moves Ahead With Plan to Start Own Health Department, How Banana Trees can Help Fight Fires, Goodbye Fry's (and Your Whimsical So Cal Storefronts).

Who's running to fill Holly Mitchell's senate seat, why Facebook should deliver targeted vaccine PSAs, Hollywood is seeking federal pandemic assistance

Health experts say we're getting near the end of the long pandemic tunnel; LA school board president on prioritizing vulnerable communities when reopening schools; vaccine production challenges

Small, more affluent public school districts will back in class sooner than others, LA Schools hopeful for a return to sports soon, the film 'Mank' is straight outta 1930s Hollywood.

The politics of reopening schools and vaccinating teachers; an argument for a third, more center, political party in the U.S., thoughts about how to reform policing in LA

We continue our coverage of the San Bernardino shootings by remembering the victims, talking to police who were on the scene and reviewing Calif gun laws.

Gov. Jerry Brown will head to the UN climate talks in Paris, how the drought is affecting Christmas trees, Tom Jones talks about his new album.

California's big presence at the climate talks, a mother talks about the death of her son while at day care, Isabel Allende's new book.

Gov. Jerry Brown is spearheading international climate change efforts, the hottest gifts for Cyber Monday, Kobe Bryant announces his retirement.

Chicago sees a police shooting incident involving a 17-year-old, the best boxing movies, StoryCorps takes on the Great Thanksgiving Listen.

President Obama and Francois Hollande hold a press conference, Kelly Thomas' father speaks out about the civil case settlement, the Family Dinner Project.