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.

Gov. Newsom on how California can emerge from the quarantine, the deadline for income taxes has been extended to July 15 and some comedy relief with Reggie Watts.

Gig workers and freelancers are running into hangups in filing for unemployment, Disney furloughs 30,000 workers and LAUSD schools will remain closed through summer.

California shares ventilators with states in need, conspiracy theories continue to spread on COVID-19 and who to watch for now that Coachella isn't happening.

How Congresswoman Katie Porter is looking to mitigate the effects of medical debt, health officials urge people to stay home this week and Chicano Batman joins us.

LA lawmakers introduced a package to keep roofs over people's heads, homeless outreach workers are moving people indoors and how Hollywood is trying staying afloat.

Gov. Newsom joins us to talk about the latest efforts in the pandemic, we hear from an ER nurse on the frontlines and a baseball player whose season got cancelled.

Gov. Newsom announced today that the state has expanded bed capacity, how homelessness is affecting the OC right now and some comedy relief with Ronny Chieng

What happened to CA's once-massive cache of medical supplies?, COVID-19 infections at a Yucaipa nursing home and how coronavirus is affecting our dating lives.

Video tutorials on how to make your own masks are already circulating online, Shanghai resident on her quarantine journey and a history lesson on the 1918 pandemic.

What small businesses are doing about paying rent today, outreach groups are making sure everyone's counted on the Census and Aloe Blacc on throwing a rent party.

Staying six feet apart seems to be helping slow the spread of COVID-19, warehouse worker on how he's risking his life and some comic relief with Amy Silverberg.

Gov. Newsom announces plans to bolster the ranks of medical professionals, small businesses share their stories handling the pandemic and we update you on the OC.