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's press briefing in front of a hospital ship, how St. Vincent Meals on Wheels is serving seniors during the pandemic and decompressing with baking.

Balancing work life and home life in the time of quarantine, US Table Tennis star Lily Zhang on Olympics postponement and Chef Suzanne Goin on Lucques closing down.

The state had been building up a more than $20 billion budget surplus, LAUSD announced it will remain closed through May 1st and a love story amid COVID-19

LA County now has 662 cases of coronavirus, answers to your questions on the virus and comedian Jim Gaffigan on life in quarantine.

The politics of Governor Newsom's order to stay home, President Trump doubles down with the “Chinese virus,” and why you may have trouble finding beans right now.

The increase in COVID-19 cases is expected, the story of E. Waldo Ward & Son Marmalades and comedian Aida Rodriguez continues to share her life story.

LAUSD is providing meals as long as schools are shut down, small businesses are among the most vulnerable right now, Aida Rodriguez joins for some comic relief

Matt Richtel of The New York Times on our immune system, Gov. Newsom instructs older Californians to isolate, USC Professor on teaching online from home

Small businesses react to the economy slowing, Gov. Newsom called for home isolation for everyone age 65 and older and communities respond to coronavirus concerns

Local leaders' response to coronavirus concerns, bring in an expert to separate fact from fiction on COVID-19, plus some of the best weekend ideas at home

Deeper into the worries surrounding the spread of Coronavirus, lack of test kits to fight the COVID-19 virus, the history of the census in Calif. and LA County

Concerns over coronavirus outbreak among homeless population, SGV residents living in illegal 'boarding houses', Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison.