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.

Understanding the present, where we've been and where the movement goes next, high school voices speak out, how police can build trust with communities.

How LAUSD plans to reopen in the Fall, Santa Monica shop owner shares her story, the real cost of looting gets passed to consumers.

President Trump said he might use the U.S. military to control states and cities, Take Two's Austin Cross reads his personal essay and Hollywood's new guidelines.

How to process what's going on, small businesses have been hit hard — here's how they're coping, how to talk to kids about what's going on.

A round-up on California state politics, High School voices reflect on the ongoing pandemic, an update on Jose Huizar's case.

Twitter starts fact-checking President Trump's tweets, how safety precautions are changing for pregnant women and a prison in Lompoc experiences a COVID-19 outbreak.

Breaking down the guidelines to reopen LAUSD schools, "On the Record" documentarians talk about uncovering sexual assault in the music industry, reopening Hollywood.

The number of COVID-19 cases increase at Farmer John, a study shows broad support for transgender people in the military and Joshua Tree reopens to visitors.

Republicans are taking aim at vote-by-mail plans, tribal casinos in California are reopening their doors to visitors and how you can spend your three day weekend.

Homeless people living underneath LA freeways are about to be relocated, the story of a sax player at the Hollywood Bowl and how KROQ is changing.

LA County looks to reopen fully as soon as July 4th, Long Beach explores a new strategy to reopen restaurants and what movie sets could look like post-COVID-19.

Quarantine fatigue is real but here's how you should assess risk, some hairstylists return to work and CA offers relief to undocumented people