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.

Several people allege that Rick Jacobs, a consultant to LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, sexually harassed them, what's happening with movie theaters and Nick Quah joins us.

We break down the latest on voting in SoCal, what the future of amusement parks will be and the Target in Hollywood is getting read to open Sunday.

We discuss the latest on flu shots in LA County, what's happening in the OC's congressional districts and Dodgers advance in World Series.

The latest in CA and national politics, our latest installment of our Race in LA series and what to do this weekend online and in-person with KPCC's Leo Duran.

COVID-19 continues to hit mom and pop shops hard, parents on how remote learning is going and indigenous writers send a message to Hollywood about representation.

L.A. City Council votes to send unarmed civilians for substance abuse calls, Supreme Court will allow Trump to end census early and we check in with Nick Quah.

Vote centers will open soon in L.A. and Orange County, Health officials say crackdowns at workplaces have saved Blacks and Latinos amid COVID-19 and what it's like to be a Californian in Texas.

We discuss yesterday's Armenian solidarity protest, mail in ballots have been sent out to registered voters in the OC and what voting's been like in Indian Country.

Kamala Harris is going to have to turn on a dime from the debate, we gear up to celebrate International Girl's Day and what to do this weekend.

Mayor Eric Garcetti joins Take Two, how the Green New Deal would affect CA and why more and more non-gamers are turning to Twitch during COVID-19.

The Los Angeles District Attorney race is shaping up to be a referendum on criminal justice reform, movie theaters vow to stay open and we check in with Nick Quah.

We discuss the official start of California's election season, bid farewell to rock legend Eddie Van Halen, and explore the new college admissions process.