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 latest on the wildfires in Anaheim Hills and multiple counties in NorCal, the new law drug companies say goes too far, Oliver Wang delivers a fresh Tuesday Reviewsday

Local hospitals strategize for worst-case-scenarios, LA celebrates Indigenous People's Day, pastors debate faith and gun control for Christians.

Senator Feinstein's bill to ban bump stocks, Blizzard Entertainment's first permanent e-sports arena, millennial wedding trends, your weekend activity round-up.

As the country looks to CA as a model for gun control, what's the measure of success? Checking in with three DACA recipients at the renewal deadline.

Law enforcement did not declare the Las Vegas shooting an act of terrorism - why not? The Measure H quarter-cent sales tax increase took effect October 1. We take a look at where the money will go.

On the ground check-in in Las Vegas, how do open space venues adjust for safety without losing their appeal? Tom Petty's Los Angeles legacy.

Coverage of the latest news on the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas, checking in on the scene, how hotel security may change following this event, and more.

Moving up the CA primary and SCOTUS news, Governor Brown poised to sign housing package of bills, but how will it help? Celebrating everyone's favorite brewed drink.

What the president's new tax plan could mean for Californians, Hugh Hefner's unexpected legacy in LA, La Raza newspaper sheds light on the Chicano rights movement.

The latest standardized test scores are out, round-up of protests in the athletic world and how they've inspired CIF on-field protest guidelines.

The fire blazing along the border of Anaheim and Corona, sampling the DNA of Redwoods and Sequoias in an effort to save them, dinos and other random CA mascots.

SoCal immigrants communities and the new travel ban, LAUSD considers moving up Sex-Ed courses, how would the Aliso Canyon natural gas facility do in an earthquake?