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

The proposed route for high-speed rail out of Burbank, a new study says the number of people in LA who have been homeless within the last year is almost double the County estimate, the history of LA County's official song "76 Cities."

A rail service between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Latinos are flexing their political might in the Coachella Valley, will the Rams or Chargers win Angelenos' hearts?

SpaceX reveals the name of world's first private passenger to fly around the moon, the winners and losers from Monday night's Emmy Awards, the new Safe Sidewalk Vending Act.

Controversy over Pasadena's affordable housing project beneath the Colorado bridge, are LGBTQ businesses in L.A. necessary? Is the Metro ridership experience better?

Minority home ownership 10 years after the financial crisis, three L.A. Times buildings may become official monuments, Santa Barbara's female winemakers.

How California is leading the charge on global climate action, how VW's diesel emissions settlement money is being spent, a visit to the "Chinese Beverly Hills."

Members of the L.A. Fire Department head to aid with Hurricane Florence, this winter's weather forecast could bring El Niño conditions, Latinx is official.

Rent cap for apartments built before 1995, first bridge housing project under Mayor Garcetti's homelessness plan opens, new FAFSA mobile app.

Obama fires up the crowd during a weekend appearance in Anaheim, Governor Jerry Brown signs laws to prevent new CA offshore oil drilling, Robert Vargas attempts world's largest mural on a high rise in downtown L.A.

Brett Kavanaugh gets grilled by California senators, the state gets a new eviction law, a man with a metal detector and his mission to do good.

Several CA bills concerning maternal health are on Governor Jerry Brown's desk awaiting his signature, what the 9th Circuit Court ruling means for LA's homeless, 88 Cities visits Agoura Hills.

L.A. considers reforms to the neighborhood council system it started 15 years ago, how the IE is changing, will the Clippers get a stadium in Inglewood?