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.

Exploring the political fallout in the wake of DACA's termination, then a check in on how higher education will handle the end of DACA and how's Big Sur holding up?

Now that President Trump has decided to end DACA, a look at what's next, plus a California Assemblyman weighs in on how we can achieve healthcare for all in the state.

Everything you need to know about preparing yourself for a natural disaster in LA, the President's decision on DACA in the coming days, LA and Lowrider culture.

An introduction to the pro-development YIMBYs of LA, a look at how small spaces can ease the housing crunch in Southern California, and Senator Kamala Harris backs Bernie Sanders' "Medicare-for-all" plan

California's plan to deal with floods, tunnels between CA and Mexico now being used by Chinese nationals, listeners share their roommate stories.

The LA Fire Department arrived in Houston Monday to help with flood rescues. Meanwhile, the California legislature passed bills to ease the state's affordable housing crisis.

A Reveal reporter in the middle of the Berkeley conflict, tracking mosquito-borne diseases with data sharing, why Game of Thrones is perfect for constant discussion.

CA legislature takes up housing bills this week, the California Future Health Workforce commission is unveiled, study examines how to build trust in autonomous cars.

Trump discussed the NAFTA and the U.S./Mexico border in Phoenix yesterday, more House Republicans join the Climate Solutions Caucus, LA's mariachi scene expands.

Rep. Sherman submits articles of impeachment against President Trump, first-ever state dyslexia guidelines, app lets people to go events and businesses for pay.

Laguna Beach rally remained peaceful, state audit examined potential causes of the high suicide rate in CA prisons, the history and science of the solar eclipse.