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.

The Romney's anti-Trump endorsement, the role of memes in a presidential election, a completely enclosed glass slide on the outside of the US Bank tower.

Roundtable of political analysts on Super Tuesday results, USC student calls for the removal of OJ's Heisman trophy, tackling social issues with television.

Taking on super Tuesday with comedy, trademark rights controversy surrounding Yosemite landmarks, mother to one of the Columbine shooters on life after the shooting.

Chris Rock's fiery host performance, Leo DiCaprio's win and more highlights from the 2016 Oscars, a recap of the democratic convention and what is the KKK doing in Southern California?

A look at some possible SCOTUS nominees, running the numbers in the business of the Oscars, interview with Ben Caldwell, founder of KAOS network in Leimert Park.

A look at a thriving all-female lobbying firm, Assemblyman's bill would ban models considered anorexic, Black Lives Matter protesters on trial.

Media watchers concerned over Univision voter initiative, South Dakota's transgender bathroom fight, the challenges NASA faces today.

A look at the GOP caucuses, there may be another issue at play in the Apple encryption case, is the #OscarSoWhite campaign really making an impact?

Trump: from being a candidate few took seriously to front-runner, the LAPD continues to struggle against Apple, will half the world will be near-sighted by 2050?

A look at the history and art of the negative campaign ad, how being bilingual changes your brain, the Public Safety Realignment Act and its impact on crime.

Apple's FBI defiance and what it means for business, how Nevada leans could help set the tone of the election, local LA resident and her journey to the Olympics.

Apple's refusal to help FBI and what it means for security and privacy, the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center hacking, bringing the OJ Simpson trial to TV.