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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:

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

Take Two Special: 'Norco 80' - the event that reshaped modern policing

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

CA Drought Declaration, Vaccinating Latino Teens, Billions of Dollars for Schools

$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

Please support Take Two during this spring membership drive. Donate now by visiting kpcc.org/SupportTakeTwo. Thank you.

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.