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

Judge rules gang injunctions violate due process, Fullerton Titans take the court in NCAA tournament, Tom Bergin's rings in St. Patrick's Day.

Mental health outreach curbs local homelessness and incarceration, MOCA "parts ways" with advocate of diverse artists, Beverly Hills' fight against incorporation into city of LA.

A local student and a teacher talk about their walkout plans, why homeowners are rebuilding in fire zones, the best places to celebrate Pi Day with pie.

Protestors poised for Trump's border visit, LA Times' Christopher Hawthorne joins city of LA, UCLA opens Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families

Trump to arrive amidst political tensions with CA, study reveals black college athletes have lowest graduation rate, The Scientology Network launches today.

AG Sessions immigration battle with California wages on, tariffs may have a disproportionate impact locally, Barbara Carrasco on display at Natural History Museum.

Review of Napa-Sonoma fires finds inefficient procedures, California celebrates first Food Waste Prevention Week, and advocacy billboards are making a comeback.

Jeff Sessions visits Sacramento after DOJ sues CA over sanctuary laws, a Silicon Valley billionaire hopes to get a Supreme Court hearing to limit public beach access, Black Lightning star talks about superheroes with a social conscience.

A year after voters approved Measure H, we talk with city/county leaders about the progress that's been done, LA school safety policies, dying malls face a choice.

Behind the scenes at the Oscars with Vanity Fair's Rebecca Keegan, California's snow pack is below normal, the history of LA's only outlet mall

LA DOT chief Seleta Reynolds says pedestrian fatalities are tough to reduce, a guitarist for the Oscars plays Coco's vihuela, a Montecito resident prepares for the rain

It's been 50 years since the Chicano student walkout, the bucket brigade digs out mud from homes, exploring the music that survived the Khmer Rouge genocide.