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

How social media can further a discussion about sexual assault, school for children with disabilities, the Cure's former drummer on his new book.

SoCal residents answer: What does it mean to be an American? An experiment highlights the car less experience in LA, CA's new fault line by the Salton Sea.

How one investor is cashing in on political campaign URLs, Haitian migrants mass at US-Mexico border, why HBO's new series 'Insecure' leaves some women of color feeling awkward.

Several California cities are mulling a so-called “Netflix tax”, a look at the historic U.S. senate debate, if prop 64 passes how do we deal with driving while high?

Why some are choosing to not cast any vote for any candidate, #ThatMexicanThing Vice President debate moment goes viral, comparing and contrasting Google Home and Amazon's Alexa.

The role of the vice president, the American voters who secretly support Donald Trump, children with special needs and education.

LA has its own 'people walker,' Colombia voters fail to end longest-running armed conflict in Latin America, is the Latino community big enough to sway the election?

The Chicago Tribune has endorsed Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, A Martinez's personal essay to Vin Scully, the significance of a bulletproof black super hero.

The Jewish Anti-Defamation League has added the "Pepe the frog" meme to its database of hate symbols, the history of the left turn in LA, gamers head to the classroom at UC Irvine.

How police agencies decide if and when to release video of police shootings, the challenges of an OIS database, SoCal-centered analysis of the upcoming presidential debate.