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 latest on the November election, Ron Howard on his documentary "Rebuilding Paradise" and what to do this weekend in LA.

Republican Strategist Mike Madrid on how the electorate shaped up, what Measure J could mean for the future of L.A. County and coronavirus cases just keep ticking up across the country.

We look at all that we know about the vote locally, the presidential election and criminal justice reform efforts in CA.

We check-in on voting centers all across L.A. County, what tech companies are doing to neutralize the spread of disinformation and Nick Quah joins us.

L.A. and the OC are seeing a huge wave of early voting and Paola Ramos discusses what it means to be Latinx and how the Latino vote could impact the election.

We catch up on the latest in politics ahead of the election, discuss what could come for immigration policy if Trump is re-elected and what to do this weekend.

The census count is far from over, what's at stake politically and economically from the final count and all the legal challenges against the census count.

The LA Dodgers finally have another World Series, what social service workers are doing to get the homeless vote out in LA and Nick Quah joins us again.

We break down more critical races ahead of next Tuesday, update you on the Silverado Fire and dive into the history of Salvadoreños in the greater Los Angeles area.

The Silverado fire burns about 4,000 acres, today's the first day of our new series on immigration, and all the updates on the World Series.

The Debate, Supreme Court and all those mail in ballots - we dig into it all on State of Affairs, plus we hear from the guy who is helping create the sound of the pandemic World Series.

We are taking a look at the world of politics through the eyes of some young local poets, breaking down some ballot props and discussing the status of homeless students.