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

Global cyberattack hits Port of LA's largest terminal, downtown LA sees a spike in property crime, former New Yorkers discuss the latest attempt to compare NY & LA.

Federal wildlife agencies approve delta tunnels project, examining if the title "tallest building" matters, a Norco school allows students to attend twice a week.

Supreme Court reviews President Trump's travel ban, three Metro Gold Line stops start charging for parking, California farmers try their hand at growing coffee beans.

House Democrats rethink Nancy Pelosi's future, 100-mile trail race conducts drug tests for the first time, Silicon Beach animal shelter uses the latest technology.

The Eastern Sierra's snowy summer brings flooding, CAA study reveals diverse casts earn more at the box office, Yoshi app delivers gas directly to your car.

Elon Musk builds local political support for his start-ups, geologist Jessica Watkins talks about becoming an astronaut, guidebook helps refugees navigate LA area.

Cal State University opens doors to all eligible students, LA County votes on fund to fight deportations, hundreds of historic shipwrecks lay off California coast.

Non-citizen military vets can face deportation if they run afoul of the law, jails give more thought to how to deal with addicts, how heatwave impacts air quality.

The future of DACA, a young Syrian woman walks the line between her identities in a new documentary, E3 wraps up in LA.

Anti-styrofoam activists follow plastic bag ban model, conserving water in all seasons, SoCal's annual grunion and climate change.

Program will measure smog per neighborhood, the LAPD police dogs trained to sniff bomb vapors, two local teens were top picks in the MLB draft.

UCLA releases their economic forecast for California, how the Ahn campaign activated LA's Korean-American voters, E3 Conference opens doors to the public.