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.

An undocumented woman who rose to the top of Goldman Sachs, MLS players reach collective bargaining deal, the million-dollar cars at the Geneva Motor Show.

L.A. had an election and less than 10 percent of voters showed up, disturbing findings in Justice Department's Ferguson report, how Skid Row came to be.

How a national weigh-in on police incidents caught on tape can be good and bad, what goes into choosing a school for your child, rules of the road for bicyclists.

The latest on the fatal shooting of a man on LA's Skid Row, how new generations identify with being Jewish, selections for Read Across America day.

Making Net Neutrality coverage interesting, 'The Dress' that's gone viral and why we see it in different colors, John Boorman's film, 'Queen and Country.'

More on the identity of 'Jihadi John,' Google's plans to expand in Mountain View, why less women are able to recognize when they are having a heart attack.

The latest on the investigation into the Metrolink crash in Oxnard, women in the Silicon Valley workforce, Inglewood votes for 80,000-seat stadium.

The latest updates on the Metrolink crash, Alaska becomes the third state to legalize recreational marijuana, Tuesday Reviewsday.

A review of the 2015 Oscars red carpet fashion, impacts of the affordable healthcare tax form flub, is there an appetite for the NFL in LA?

The mayor of Carson talks about plans for an NFL stadium, how other hospitals handled infection outbreaks similar to UCLA's, 'Nightcrawler' director talks Oscar nod.

A check in with Janice Hahn on her decision to run for L.A. County Board of Supervisors, mapping the Middle East in a different way, will Apple dive into the auto industry?

Developments in the shooting death of a Latino man, California's growing population could impact water, ASU basketball's 'Curtain of Distraction.'