Take Two

The week in California politics, answering questions about that second dose of the vaccine, and music to take help you decompress from the stresses of this week.

Take Two devotes an hour to LAist's Racism 101 Project to help answer people's questions about race and facilitate conversation.

LA Supervisor Janie Hahn talks about why it's ok to reopen outdoor dining, California energy secretaries respond to Biden climate plan, Selena gets a podcast.

LA will be hit hard by rain this week, plus an audit of the state's unemployment agency finds it woefully unprepared for recession, restaurants react to re-opening

The Governor, citing flattening of curve, drops statewide stay-at-home orders, though LA still in purple tier; media literacy in 2021

We look at the future of CA's relationship with the Whitehouse, an update on L.A.'s vaccine rollout and Becerra announces a concerning "pattern and practice" by LASD.

We look at the implications of President Biden's environmental policy on the state, check in on how LA hospitals are holding up during the coronavirus surge, and look at history of Smallpox in L.A..

The historic inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, meet the mentor of the first Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, and a reflection on the Chilean coup.

We answer the latest questions about the spread of the coronavirus in LA County, So Cal teachers get serious about civics post-insurrection, and Biden expected to push for path to citizenship

Dodger Stadium opens up as a mass vaccination site, Kemp Powers has a written two films this winter, including 'One Night in Miami,' and we profile one of LA's to citizen journalists.

How the Biden-Harris transition is moving forward, what one toy store owner is planning for the lockdown, and a new documentary on Frank Zappa is out.

L.A. County shuts down restaurants as COVID-19 cases rise, enrollment of international students continues to slow at CA's colleges and what to do this Thanksgiving.

The results from the 2020 election are completely in now, how face masks are showing up on TV nowadays and what to do this weekend.

How President Trump has tried to dismantle all of the legal ways to immigrate to the U.S. and what President-elect Biden will do for immigration once in office.

LA County could reissue safer-at-home orders if COVID-19 surge continues, could Donald Trump have a future in TV after the White House ? and the latest on Servant of Pod with Nick Quah.

CA's coronavirus cases reach more than 13,000 on Monday, how to explain the election to your kids and CA leaders set to unveil a plan for early learning.

Traveling amid the pandemic? We got you., the impact of the Native American vote on the election and LA County officials considering curfew to limit COVID-19.

The latest in the world of post-election politics, the woman making history in major league sports, what DACA could look like under Biden.

Representative Adam Schiff joins us to discuss the political landscape Biden is inheriting, the latest on COVID-19 and what's happening to child care benefits.

Proposition 15 fails, the L.A. Times settles a class-action pay-disparity lawsuit with employees and Servant of Pod's Nick Quah joins us.

Armenia and Azerbaijan reach deal to end the war, what went wrong with the polls this election cycle and a rock climber reaches a new feat in Yosemite.

Kamala makes history becoming first female vice president, Nithya Raman wins LA City council seat and the latest on the races in Orange County.