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State of Affairs: California Appeals Federal Judge's Assault Weapon Ruling, Doing Better By Victims of Intimate Partner Violence, Saying Goodbye to A Martinez
Is it Safe to Go to Work Without Masks?, Van Nuys Neighborhood Profile, Black Families' Concerns on Return to In-Person School
Councilman Mike Bonin Talks Homeless Encampment Plans, Pandemic Child Care, Unfiltered, Bachelor Host Chris Harrison Leaving For Good
Increasing Black Home Ownership, Statewide Expansion of Transitional Kindergarten, Harrowing Stories of Surviving Financial Abuse
Will US Hit 60% Vaccine Goal by Fourth of July?, Federal Judge Rules California's Assault Weapon Ban Unconstitutional, New Book Explores Nipsey Hussle's Legacy
State of Affairs: Is California in for a "Euphoric" Economic Rebound?, NASA Going to Explore Venus, What to Do This Weekend in LA
About 5,000 young people are currently experiencing it in Los Angeles County. The reasons vary from abuse and conflict in the home... to housing and economic insecurity experienced by entire families. Now, after more than a year of a pandemic, advocates worry those numbers could climb.
Already, many of these youth carry trauma from their childhoods into their homeless experience, and that instability of being on the street and unhoused only compounds the fear, stress and anxiety that many feel.
What happens when you move around a lot and can't form stable relationships? Lack a permanent place to stay, or any kind of consistency? How can young people push through that with the right treatment, and what support is needed from the city to the county to the state to help them get there?
These are the questions we discussed during an event last Thursday, examining the intersection of youth homelessness and mental health. It was produced in conjunction with Call to Mind, American Public Media's initiative to foster new conversations about mental health. We bring you an edited version of that panel discussion here.
Take Two is joined by three young women who had experienced homelessness in their teens and three clinicians working with homeless youth in Los Angeles.
Guests: Angela M. Sanchez, Alumna and Board Member of School on Wheels, Inc. Jennifer Myers, Advisory Board Member for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Sarah Fay, Peer Navigator for Safe Place for Youth Daniel Ballin, Clinical Director at Covenant House California Erin Casey, Director of Programs at My Friend's Place Los Angeles Dr. Diane Tanaka, Medical Director of the Homeless Adolescent and Young Adult Wellness Center Children's Hospital in Los Angeles
California Democrats Have a New Budget Proposal, LA Two-Year-Old Becomes Mensa's Youngest Member, Potential Buyer for ArcLight and Pacific Theaters?
Million Dollar Vaccine Incentives, Push to Build More Housing on Vacant Commercial Lots, Saving California's Monarch Butterflies
State of Affairs: Garcetti to be Biden's Pick for India Ambassador, Idle Oil Wells Pose Danger to South LA Neighborhood, Violinists Share Music Across the State
High Cost of Homeless Encampments, New Police Misconduct Registry, Amazon Buys MGM for Multibillion Dollar Price Tag
Half of Angelenos are Vaccinated, One Year After George Floyd's Murder: Where Are We Now?, Getty Center Reopening
Intimate Partner Violence and Homelessness, Community College Police Training, Ride Share Programs Switching to Electric Vehicles
State of Affairs: Congress Votes to Investigate January 6th Capitol Attack, What Do Droughts Mean for California Wineries?, First All Black High School Rowing Team
LAUSD Families Will Soon Get Clarity on Fall, Questioning How We Police Mental Health Crises, Car Culture's Influence on Architecture in LA
'The Center' as a Solution for LA's Homelessness Crisis, UTLA President on Return to School, the Cost of Being Californian
State of Affairs: Newsom's Big Budget, California Mask Confusion, Universal Basic Income Proposed for LA County,
How to Safely Reopen Schools, Fears About Going Maskless, More Fires in LA Homeless Encampments
$9 Billion for Homelessness, Contact Tracing Diaries, Shortcomings of California's Cap-and-Trade Program
Newsom Announces New Stimulus Checks, Incentivizing Vaccines, 21st Century Federal Writers Project
State of Affairs: Introducing the 'Recall' Bear, Students Help Fight Warehouse Pollution, How to Battle through a Fear of Needles
What To Know About Vaccinating Children for COVID-19, Chula Vista's Controversial Drone Program, Neighborhood Pollution Can Affect Children's Brains Development
Yep, California Really is Getting Hotter and Drier, LAUSD Drops Extended School Year, OTL: Harrassment Allegations at CM
Bridging the Digital Divide in California, the Future of Carbon Vacuums to Fight Climate Change, Race in LA
Can We Ever Reach 'Herd Immunity'?, Learning How to Socialize Again, Alamo Drafthouse will Reopen Downtown
State of Affairs: Spending Billions on Drought, Teen Mental Health, Kristina Wong is a Food Bank Fan
Rent Relief is Still Available in Los Angeles, Sheriff Alex Villanueva Has Some Competition in Next Election, Disneyland Reopens Gates
Rep. Karen Bass Weighs in Police Reform, Thousands of Barrels of DDT found Dumped Off Coast, OTL: Producers Guild Tackles Bullying
Newsom Recall Explained, A Brain Disease is Making California's Black Bears Act 'Dog-Like', A History of Latin Music in the U.S.
In LA, Vaccination Rates Keep COVID-19 Cases at Bay; California to Lose a Congressional Seat; Diversity Wins at the Oscars ( Sort Of )
We want to share with you KPCC and LAist.com's newest investigation, Immediate Jeopardy. Reporters Elly Yu and Aaron Mendelson spent months looking into a chain of nursing homes operated by ReNew Health, and the neglect and abuse in these facilities that took place prior to -- and during -- the pandemic.
State of Affairs: Fracking Bans, CA's Climate and Rob Bonta's Progressive Label; Pacoima's Fight for Environmental Equity; the Benefits of Outdoor School
LA Councilmember Raman Responds to Homeless Order, the Math Behind Garcetti's Proposed LAPD Budget, Pacoima's Climate Activists
LA City and County Ordered to Get Homeless Off Skid Row, History of Pacoima and it's Pollution, OTL: Oscars Are Sunday - What Can We Expect
Angelenos called in to share their reactions to the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd in this one-hour KPCC / LAist special broadcast hosted by A Martinez and Austin Cross.
Unprotected: How Some Nursing Homes - and the State - Have Failed to Care for the Most Vulnerable.
State of Affairs: 'Packing' the Court, How Little Tokyo is Surviving the Pandemic, Meme Creators Are Loving NFTs
The Return to School, the Difficulty of Watching the Chauvin Trial, Bay Area Athletic Trainer Aids COVID-19 patients
California Has a Really Low Positivity Rate, the Roots of Anti-Asian Violence Are in California, OTL: Hollywood Reacts to Atlanta Voting Laws
J&J Vaccine on Hold Pending Investigation into Rare Side Effect, Possible Settlement in Sight Over Homeless in LA, Santa Cruz Mountains Are Really Dry
LA County to Vaccinate Everyone 16 and Over, LAUSD To Finally Welcome Back Students, Bruce's Beach Could Be Returned to Black Family it Was Taken From
State of Affairs - Census Count Running Behind, Sec. Wade Crowfoot on State's $536 Million Fire Prevention Proposal, Dodgers Home Opener
Biden's Executive Action Against 'Ghost Guns,' California's Homeless Data System, Apple's Double-Whammy Podcast and Doc 'The Line'
California's Reopening - Are We Ready?, OC DA Todd Spitzer Talks Reform, Tackling Extremism in the Military
LA's African American Historic Places Project, KPCC Investigation 'Immediate Jeopardy,' the Story Behind 'One Night in Miami'
Los Angeles County Is Now In The Orange Tier, Los Angeles Unified Prepares to Reopen Classrooms, The Pandemic Resistance of Tin Horn Flats
Looking at the Future of LA Infrastructure, CA Drought Check-In, Inside Museum Reopening
Asian-American communities under attack, 'Minari' a film for this moment, Godzilla vs. Kong is out
Why Coronavirus Cases Are Rising Again... Screenwriter Behind the Oscar-Nominated "Soul"
State of Affairs and Rob Bonta's AG Appointment, Survivor of Dr. George Tyndall's Abuse Speaks Out, Disneyland Plans a Remodel
Protests Over Removal of Homeless at Echo Park Lake, the Reality of Gun Violence in 2020, Goodbye 'Servant of Pod'
California's Road to 100 Percent Clean Energy, People REALLY Want to Go Back to the Movies, Rob Bonta Named California AG
Echo Park Lake's Homeless Population, The Health Conditions Being Prioritized For Vaccines in LA, Bioluminescence is Back in So Cal
AstraZeneca Effective for All Adults, the Deep Relationship between Gov. Newsom and Blue Shield, Goodbye Elgin Baylor
State of Affairs: Newsom Recall Nets 2.1 Signatures, Keeping Faith in a Pandemic, How LACC Kept Students
Becerra Confirmed for HHS Secretary, the Role of Climate Change in Child Migration, The Social Psychology Behind Our Pandemic Baking
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LA Responds to Atlanta Shooting, Why Universal Basic Income Should Be a Standard, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Promises Diversity
Orange County DA Todd Spitzer Just Got Some Competition, Remembering Latasha Harlins, The Restitution of Bruce's Beach
Los Angeles is Officially in the Red Tier: Listeners, Restaurant Owners and One of Favorites Doctors Weigh in
State of Affairs and that Newsom Recall, Helping Kids Transition Back to In Person School, LA's Largo Mulling it's Future
California's Pandemic Year, How to Talk to Your Parents About Getting a Vaccine, A Major Political Data Firm Dropped Republican Clients
LA's $1.3 Billion in Relief Funds, LAUSD and UTLA Reach Deal for Going Back to Class, How LA County Hopes to Vaccinate all Angelenos
State of Affairs: CA Rejiggering Vaccination Plans AGAIN, Glendale Unified at Odds With Union Over Reopening Schools, Making 'Minari'
Racism 101: How to Be an Ally, Code Switching for Survival, Deconstructing 'Defund the Police', Legacy of Slavery
Plan to spend $88 Million of LAPD budget on poor communities moves forward, the challenges of vaccinating California's farmworkers, film production comes back to LA.
Compton Unified reopens schools March 8, how the pandemic has compounded our grief, a wind power company to breed California Condors to replace those killed by turbines
LA's Board of Supervisors have a plan to use vacant property to house the homeless, explaining how vaccine passports might work, more vaccine doses being set aside for LAUSD staff.
State of Affairs and California's new relief package, the fight over "hero pay" for grocery store workers, how state regulators are prepping our grid for extreme heat this summer
West Covina Moves Ahead With Plan to Start Own Health Department, How Banana Trees can Help Fight Fires, Goodbye Fry's (and Your Whimsical So Cal Storefronts).
Who's running to fill Holly Mitchell's senate seat, why Facebook should deliver targeted vaccine PSAs, Hollywood is seeking federal pandemic assistance
Small, more affluent public school districts will back in class sooner than others, LA Schools hopeful for a return to sports soon, the film 'Mank' is straight outta 1930s Hollywood.
Health experts say we're getting near the end of the long pandemic tunnel; LA school board president on prioritizing vulnerable communities when reopening schools; vaccine production challenges
The politics of reopening schools and vaccinating teachers; an argument for a third, more center, political party in the U.S., thoughts about how to reform policing in LA
The Biden Administration unveils bill to fix the immigration system, including a path to citizenship; a History of Immigration Reform; LA County District Attorney's Ongoing Fights Over Reform.
A new investigation shines light on California's no-bid contracts during pandemic, recall effort against Governor gains steam, China's box office is booming
The science of the politics of LA County's decision to reopen schools, tracking hate against Asian Americans, who's gunning to be California's new Attorney General
The Senate votes to proceed with second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, plus NTSB find that Kobe Bryant's helicopter crashed after pilot became disoriented in the clouds.
What to expect when the impeachment process kick off for a second time; Sup. Holly Mitchell talks about vaccine equity, looking back on the Sylmar Quake.
We discuss, the battle between Congressman Kevin McCarthy and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, pending vaccination eligibility for Child Care providers and the new documentary 'Framing Britney Spears'.
Today we discuss the ramifications what could be next for LA's Homeless, examine the complex vaccine rollout process, and talk about the new documentary about the band SPARKS.
There's a LOT of Californians headed to Washington, LA's only Black-Owned birthing center, and we look back at the hashtag that launched a referendum on racial equity in Hollywood.
Kevin Faulconer launches campaign for California governor, pediatrician weighs in on kids, COVID-19, and schools, the lead Night Stalker detective speaks
California balances speed vs. equity in vaccine rollout, community advocate weighs in on police and social justice reform, Derrick Spiva Jr. composes his latest piece for a pandemic
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 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
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.
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.
Los Angeles prepares to roll our vaccinations on mass, law enforcement works to protect Angelenos ahead of the Biden inauguration, and police reform...what's next
We breakdown the (Second) Trump Impeachment, Speak with Democratic Representative Adam Schiff and delve in to the secret clubs within the LA County Sheriffs Department.