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.

UCLA wants to hire more Native Americans, a slew of bills aimed at reining in charter schools are making their way through the legislature, the loss of Luke Perry.

The ripple effects of Michael Cohen's testimony on California politics, could pay to drive alleviate commutes? The effect of deaths near schools.

LAUSD will soon hold elections for its board, how CSU students are doing now that remedial classes are no longer offered, RuPaul's Drag Race returns.

California lawmakers grill former President Trump attorney Michael Cohen, Emma Thompson defends her decision to back out of a John Lasseter project, Citadel outlet mall.

L.A. City Council votes to crack down on unlicensed cannabis shops, voting centers come to Orange County, will the Angels fly to Long Beach?

How California GOP's demographic is shifting, an analysis of the 91st annual Academy Awards, phasing out single-use plastics.

The week in California politics, jail violence, LAnd magazine.

Mayor Garcetti unveiled his plan to recycle 100 percent of L.A.'s wastewater by 2035, Anaheim is having Angels Stadium property assessed, LA lowrider culture in Japan.

The new law that makes police conduct records public, meet the state's first-ever surgeon general, a new sprawling restaurant in DTLA.

Phasing out pepper spray at juvenile detention facilities, Whittier Narrows dam may not be up to snuff, why do Democrats often choose the 9th?

How California could respond to President Trump's national emergency declaration, LA is changing its garbage hauling program, a visit to an ugly KFC building.

White House says President Trump will declare a national emergency and sign funding bill, USC puts reforms into place following sexual misconduct settlement, Frieze LA opens at Paramount Pictures Studios.