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 proposed route for high-speed rail out of Burbank, a new study says the number of people in LA who have been homeless within the last year is almost double the County estimate, the history of LA County's official song "76 Cities."

A rail service between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Latinos are flexing their political might in the Coachella Valley, will the Rams or Chargers win Angelenos' hearts?

SpaceX reveals the name of world's first private passenger to fly around the moon, the winners and losers from Monday night's Emmy Awards, the new Safe Sidewalk Vending Act.

Controversy over Pasadena's affordable housing project beneath the Colorado bridge, are LGBTQ businesses in L.A. necessary? Is the Metro ridership experience better?

Minority home ownership 10 years after the financial crisis, three L.A. Times buildings may become official monuments, Santa Barbara's female winemakers.

How California is leading the charge on global climate action, how VW's diesel emissions settlement money is being spent, a visit to the "Chinese Beverly Hills."

Members of the L.A. Fire Department head to aid with Hurricane Florence, this winter's weather forecast could bring El Niño conditions, Latinx is official.

Rent cap for apartments built before 1995, first bridge housing project under Mayor Garcetti's homelessness plan opens, new FAFSA mobile app.

Obama fires up the crowd during a weekend appearance in Anaheim, Governor Jerry Brown signs laws to prevent new CA offshore oil drilling, Robert Vargas attempts world's largest mural on a high rise in downtown L.A.

Brett Kavanaugh gets grilled by California senators, the state gets a new eviction law, a man with a metal detector and his mission to do good.

Several CA bills concerning maternal health are on Governor Jerry Brown's desk awaiting his signature, what the 9th Circuit Court ruling means for LA's homeless, 88 Cities visits Agoura Hills.

L.A. considers reforms to the neighborhood council system it started 15 years ago, how the IE is changing, will the Clippers get a stadium in Inglewood?