Imagine sitting at the table for your Thanksgiving dinner. You have your plate and are ready to dig in and stuff yourself but there's nothing to dig into.

Even worse yet (or even better, depending on your family) there are no guests! All their flights got canceled!

And your local friends don't want to join you for an outing because they're nervous about a terror attack at a crowded place. 

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!! We discuss Thanksgiving supply chain issues, airline staffing shortages and a warning about terrorism. 

California's top public health officials are now saying any adult who wants a COVID booster shot shouldn't be denied. But the boosters aren't approved for everyone older than 18. So what do you do?

A new survey finds many parents in California are worried their kids will be worse off than them. 

And if your boss bugs you too much after hours and on weekends, move to Portugal because it's illegal there now. 

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Things are getting more expensive. All sorts of things. Not just homes and cars but food at the grocery store. Inflation is the highest it's been in more than 30 years as consumer prices jumped more than six percent in October.

A judge hands former President Trump a big defeat in his bid to keep White House records a secret from January 6th investigators. 

COVID cases are spiking in Iowa. But it's not people who are getting sick. It's deer. 

A new survey finds students across Los Angeles are struggling with mental health issues and say they need help.

Should people who aren't Jewish play characters on TV shows and movies who are? The issue is being raised in Hollywood. 

Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is out with a new book that details his experience with Mr. Trump pushing him to overturn the 2020 election results in his state. 

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As if you didn't already spend enough of your time watching Netflix..........the media giant is getting into the video game business, acknowledging that they are competing with social media apps for the attention of some of the youngest media consumers--so we will go In Depth.

Don't look now, but COVID hospitalizations are slowly rising again in California, led by rising case rates in the Central Valley. Are we on a path to repeat last winter's horrible COVID surge?

And on that same note: Pfizer is asking the FDA to expand eligibility for COVID vaccine boosters, with the aim of providing booster shots to EVERYONE. Will the FDA play along?

Remember the predictions of a baby boom when much of the world went into a COVID lockdown in 2020? Well, that never materialized.......turns out we were all waiting for lockdowns to end, as there's growing evidence a post-pandemic baby boom is on the way this summer.

You can own a piece of Apple history as one of the first computers ever built--by hand by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs--goes up for auction today.

And at the end of today's In Depth: what is the best time to go to bed to promote a healthy heart? We'll let you know.

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Have those COVID cards at the ready, Los Angeles! The indoor mandates kick into gear today.

And while there will be a bit of a grace period on enforcement, businesses are already getting ready to play the role of vaccine police -- and we will go In Depth.

Big music festivals with tens of thousands of people aren't new phenomena -- so what went so tragically wrong at the Astroworld festival in Houston where 8 people were killed in a crushing surge? And what kind of liabilities will Travis Scott face? He's the superstar rapper who was on stage. 

Welcome back to America, foreign travelers: COVID border restrictions are dropped ... as long as you're vaccinated.

President Biden's backdoor vaccine mandate for larger businesses is put on hold by an appeals court. It could be the first of several legal speed bumps.

And that big infrastructure bill that's finally on its way to Mr. Biden's desk ... what's in it?

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The hope of reducing the dangers of COVID is a little closer to reality: Pfizer joins Merck in offering up a pill that could radically reduce hospitalizations and deaths -- so we'll go In Depth.

Vaccine booster shots aren't exactly flying off the shelves here in California: demand is well below expectations, so we'll try to figure out why.

And as our wildfire season looks to be winding down, one expert poses this question: are we fighting fires and managing forests all wrong, and are *those* the biggest contributors to MEGAfires.........more so than climate change?

California is looking to overhaul its math curriculum but plenty of critics say the changes don't add up.

Education is set to become the premier political issue of the midterms ... especially after the results from Virginia this week.

And we check in on Congress, where two massive pieces of legislation might finally be passed out of the House..........or they might not. And absolutely nothing will happen. Again.

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The COVID vaccine mandates are coming fast and furious now.

Just as the calendar tips into 2022, businesses across the country with 100-or-more employees will have to start checking their vaccination status, or subject workers to regular COVID testing.

Here in Los Angeles County, the first indoor vaccine mandate kicks into gear today--with L.A. city's vaccine requirement going into effect on Monday. We'll go In Depth on all of them and explain how they will work.

And remember all of the stories about dissatisfied workers, quitting their jobs to out in search of something better? Well turns out a lot of them are crawling back......they're called "boomerang employees," and their numbers are growing.

West Hollywood has set the bar high when it comes to the minimum wage: the city will start enforcing a 17-dollar and 64-cent minimum wage in the new year, the highest in the nation. Can businesses survive that?

Grim new economic research suggests there are millions of "functionally unemployed" people in the country.

And at the end of today's In Depth: here comes the daylight saving time switch, to disrupt your already messed up sleep patterns.

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What happened?

Democrats across the nation woke up with a nasty hangover after last night's elections.

The progressive agenda absorbing big losses: and not just in Virginia. measures to expand voting rights in New York lost, a proposition to end the Minneapolis Police Department went down and in deep-blue New Jersey, the incumbent Democratic governor is hanging on to the slimmest of leads.

 Is this a wake-up call ahead of the 2022 midterms? Is the Biden agenda in deep trouble? We'll go In Depth.

Also, we'll go up to the Bay Area..........where vaccination rates are high and COVID restrictions have been strict...........BUT infections are, once again, on the rise.

Younger kids are now cleared to get their COVID vaccinations. But there are *a lot* of hesitant and anxious parents who won't be rushing to the pediatricians.

We're going to talk with two parents who aren't yet sold on the idea.

And ... we've all been told for years that drinking in moderation........ a glass of red a night ..........is actually good for us ... it promotes longevity? Well, maybe not.

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Is THIS the week? The week when the President's much-debated infrastructure plan gets the nod from Congress? The week the President's scaled-down Build Back Better safety net plan gets Democrats fully on board? The week Sen Joe Manchin finally says--hell yes instead of hell no? We'll go In Depth.

The President wrapped up the UN climate summit in Scotland with an agreement to cut down methane emissions. Will it work or is it just hot air?

And remember the infamous jet pack man, buzzing airliners near LAX? You may never guess what jet pack man probably was.

The CDC meets today to give what would be the final sign-off on Pfizer's COVID vaccine for younger children; at the same time, Moderna's COVID vaccine for kids is put on hold over a concerning side effect.

Facebook is doing away with its own facial recognition system, something a lot of users found creepy.

And we'll give you a practical guide for navigating what will almost certainly be an extremely messy holiday travel season.

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It's becoming a familiar refrain: another miserable weekend for the airlines and the thousands of passengers that were left stranded by flight cancellations. American Airlines was the main culprit this time, blaming ... again ... staffing and weather. Will things get better in time for the holidays? We'll go In Depth.

World leaders are gathering in Glasgow for a climate summit, trying to figure out how to overcome the resistance to taking action on climate change.

And in Philadelphia, police officers will no longer be stopping cars for minor traffic violations; we'll get more details on this major piece of police reform.

Five million people have died, across the world, from COVID-19 ... we'll mark a grim milestone and ask whether there's an end in sight to the pandemic.

We'll preview tomorrow's election for governor in Virginia, which could give us signals for the 2022 midterms.

And "whatever happened to good sportsmanship?" That's being asked after Inglewood High's football team ran up the score to 106-to-nothing against Inglewood Morningside Friday night.

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One of the biggest COVID vaccine mandates in the country is about to be put to the test: active duty Air Force personnel are supposed to be fully vaccinated by next Tuesday. We'll go In Depth.

 Wages for most workers are going up, which is great in the short term.  But in the long term? May be a very different story. 

And tonight, the Tomahawk Chop done by Atlanta Braves fans for some 30-years is back in the World Series---and native Americans are not happy.

So what exactly is the Facebook "Metaverse" and is this somewhere you'd like to visit?  

And at the end of today's In Depth, we're getting into the Halloween spirit:

First, we'll talk with the composer of Jordan Peel's horror movie "Get Out," who will be playing the movie score live tonight with the L.A. Opera.

Then.........goblins and ghouls aren't just for the kids on Halloween; turns out lots of Americans still believe in ghosts........and you may not believe what else we believe in!

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