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.

A California ruling on affordable housing is shaking things up for developers, new data about single-parent homes, Tuesday Reviewsday's new music.

Osamudia James talks about how being black is based on more than how you look, an update on the Transpacific Trade deal, the 'Limited Partnership' love story.

Young adults define success differently from their parents, the unveiling of a new 'micro-neighborhood in LA's Echo Park,' Bao Nguyen's 'Live From New York!'

The effects of Rupert Murdoch's departure from 21st Century Fox, car buyers and financing, Homer and Marge Simpson separate after 27 years.

Transparency in police shooting investigations, online doctor reviews, how the NBA Finals are shaping up so far.

A history of pools and segregation, what's next for California's high-speed rail, and how parents watch out for teens in the age of the Internet.

A look at the roadblocks for Obama's immigration reform, the challenges of depression and pregnancy, the sounds of 'Love and Mercy.'

What's at stake in Mexico's upcoming elections, a teacher in Hayward, California, asks Steph Curry not to go to his school, Crown and the M.O.B.

A look at the shooting of Feras Morad in Long Beach, the homeless and their struggle with getting IDs, the week in sports with the Kamenetzky brothers.

A look at what it means to switch gender publicly, how to broach the subject of racism with your kids, and how businesses are dealing with the drought

Changes are expected after the Patriot Act expired, the Washington Post's report on police-involved shootings in 2015, a look at the workout world in 'Results.'