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.

Global cyberattack hits Port of LA's largest terminal, downtown LA sees a spike in property crime, former New Yorkers discuss the latest attempt to compare NY & LA.

Federal wildlife agencies approve delta tunnels project, examining if the title "tallest building" matters, a Norco school allows students to attend twice a week.

Supreme Court reviews President Trump's travel ban, three Metro Gold Line stops start charging for parking, California farmers try their hand at growing coffee beans.

House Democrats rethink Nancy Pelosi's future, 100-mile trail race conducts drug tests for the first time, Silicon Beach animal shelter uses the latest technology.

The Eastern Sierra's snowy summer brings flooding, CAA study reveals diverse casts earn more at the box office, Yoshi app delivers gas directly to your car.

Elon Musk builds local political support for his start-ups, geologist Jessica Watkins talks about becoming an astronaut, guidebook helps refugees navigate LA area.

Cal State University opens doors to all eligible students, LA County votes on fund to fight deportations, hundreds of historic shipwrecks lay off California coast.

Non-citizen military vets can face deportation if they run afoul of the law, jails give more thought to how to deal with addicts, how heatwave impacts air quality.

The future of DACA, a young Syrian woman walks the line between her identities in a new documentary, E3 wraps up in LA.

Anti-styrofoam activists follow plastic bag ban model, conserving water in all seasons, SoCal's annual grunion and climate change.

Program will measure smog per neighborhood, the LAPD police dogs trained to sniff bomb vapors, two local teens were top picks in the MLB draft.

UCLA releases their economic forecast for California, how the Ahn campaign activated LA's Korean-American voters, E3 Conference opens doors to the public.