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 media organizations decide what to censor, why an all-female ticket gives voters pause, LGBT student discrimination on the campuses of private, religious colleges.

A look at LAX security following Turkey airport attacks, breaking down the Volkswagen settlement effects in CA, what's next for Bernie Sanders?

How will the Benghazi report impact Hillary Clinton's White House bid? Ecological factors that contribute to fire devastation, how to manage bias in the workplace.

An explainer on who's behind the Traditionalist Worker Party, the fate of LA's oldest Japanese newspaper Rafu Shimpo, and ther work of LA architect Barbara Bestor

How So Cal Britons are reacting to the Brexit news, an app that helps talk to kids about natural disasters and the L.A. volunteers who nurse abandoned infant kittens

Sit-ins: the political statement that goes back years, a look at the Supreme Court's DAPA decision, CA LGBT rights organization shifts focus to gun control.

The latest on the CA wildfires burning closer to each other, SoCal's POV on the European Referendum in the UK, CatConLA and the stylish cat lovers who attend.

The risks of the heat and tips for staying safe, Trump's unconventional campaign against Clinton's well-oiled political machine, the latest on Copa América.

Senate voted gun control measures likely to fail unless a compromise can be worked out, the rise and popularity of the AR-15, Moby's new memoir 'Porcelain.'

The latest on the Sherpa fire, how threats to the blood supply stream are determined, when a gathering doesn't name a higher power where people place their faith?

The 15-hour gun filibuster and where things go from here, how grief keeps us together and unites us in the face of tragedy, after a 5-year absence 'Curb' is back.

The history of gay clubs and how things could change following the Orlando shooting, what makes an ideal VP? The latest round of responses to your voter queries.