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.

Ferguson will see half of its city council controlled by black members, the state water board's enforcement of water cuts, does the single-family home fit into L.A.'s future?

The perception of Muslims in the media, the Colorado River tops the list of endangered rivers, new music from Calexico, Tal National and Spirit Family Reunion.

Major turning points in gaining protections for transgender inmates, how Rolling Stone's UVA rape report will affect future reporting, Mexico City's best food.

The impacts of California's historic water restrictions, Andy Summers of The Police, an Easter cake recipe that involves Peeps, broken chocolate bunnies and Tequila.

Three comics give perspectives on Trevor Noah's tweets, why the Silicon Valley is chiming in on Indiana's religious freedom law, who owns the Bahia emerald?

A tentative agreement has been reached in the Mexico farm worker strike, an update on LAPD body cameras, why parents should encourage girls to like pink.

What Iranians in Southern California are saying about the pending nuclear deal, the implications of the Ellen Pao case, Trevor Noah takes over 'The Daily Show.'

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announces he won't seek reelection, Irwindale City Council votes to tear the Irwindale Speedway, remembering Tex-Mex queen Selena

Latest on the crop workers strike in Mexico, Shelly Sterling and V. Stiviano head to court, Naomi Watts and her new film, 'While We're Young.'

An Italian high court considers fate of Amanda Knox, two iconic food industries merge, seeking out the best price for a medical procedure.

A look at police de-escalation training, L.A. County jails agree to accommodate disabled inmates, a review of Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly.'