Bill Handel is accompanied by Wayne Resnick and - Jen's back! - for today's early edition of Handel on the News. The trio discusses news topics that include: Parents are keeping their kids home from school to protest California's COVID vaccine mandate, Mark Ridley-Thomas says he will 'immediately step back' from his L.A. City Council duties, and a group of female firefighters and civil rights advocates are calling for an LAFD chief's removal.