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.

The Los Angeles Unified School District campus that has the most homeless students, packaging waste and prepared meal delivery services, highlights from the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show.

What comes after the death of the 710 freeway project, smoke is bad for your health but here are the longterm effects, a preview of the L.A. autoshow.

Los Angeles may get a legal street vending system, where does Cal Fire's budget stand following the Woolsey fire, heartbreaking photos of Camp Fire evacuees.

Alex Villanueva will replace Jim McDonnell as L.A. County Sheriff, talking to your kids about homelessness, Uber scoots into the city.

A new federal climate report spells out a grim future, an unprecedented confrontation at the U.S./Mexico border, a Malibu resident returns home.

Checking in on Malibu now that residents can return, insurance for rebuilding homes after disaster, how to properly prepare a turkey.

How to prevent devastating forest fires in the future, recap of L.A. Rams versus Kansas City Chiefs, Gen Z Voters reflect on the election

A status update on the Camp fire now that 77 people have died, CA task force has a new child poverty report, the two new food critics at the L.A. Times.

President Trump's upcoming California visit, getting water-dropping fire tankers up in the air, New York University will open L.A. campus in 2019.

What happens when people stay and defend their homes from fire instead of evacuating, LA Unified School Board mulls housing homeless student, the Rams COO reaches out with free tickets

Power poles start about 10 percent of all wildland fires in California, why we shouldn't be surprised ballots are still being counted, Governor-elect Gavin Newsom.

Visiting evacuated animals at Pierce College, how private fire fighting agencies could come to your home's rescue, post-election activism.