California reopening rules cause confusion; millions of people feel they have no to trust; 65-year-old cold case murder solved through DNA; lottery scams on the rise; shrinkflation; Starbucks ingredients shortage

Tensions over the growing homeless population living on or near the Venice Boardwalk -- and all of the problems that brings-- are starting to boil over. LA County's controversial sheriff has inserted himself into the issue, so we'll go In Depth and talk with a city councilman about potential solutions.

LAPD's Police Commission is getting to work on a policy to address alcohol consumption by off-duty officers ...... officers with weapons.......but why did it take so long?

And California's workplace regulators are heading back to the drawing board on the masking rules, after coming under fire for trying to stick with strict policies.

The "Delta" variant of coronavirus is the latest curveball -- first detected in India -- but how worried should you be.........especially if you're vaccinated?

Summer school is as popular as ever, with students and parents looking to make up for what might have been lost during the pandemic. But can the extra classes close the gap?

And we'll preview the President abroad ... and review the VP's first trip.

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Who knew that all it would take to crash the websites of media giants like the New York Times and CNN - -or grind to a halt streaming services -- was the failure of one, obscure company. And yet that's exactly what happened early this morning; so we'll go In Depth.

It pays to be extremely rich, especially when it comes to paying taxes ---- or not paying much in taxes. We'll tell you about a new investigative report that exposed the tax filings of some of the world's richest people.

And one of the first reports on the January 6th insurrection has been released, finding that the Capitol Police were completely unprepared for what happened that day.

Looks like we're going to miss President Biden's goal of getting at least one dose of COVID vaccine into the arms of 70-percent of American adults by July 4th.

When it comes to your private medical information and vaccine registries; can you trust that your data is secure?

And just in time for summer, new research finds several dozen popular sunscreens are contaminated with a chemical that causes cancer.

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We head to California's iconic beaches to put our worries aside for a few hours.........so this summer, as you're laying out towels on the warm sand and about to settle in: BEWARE! Lyme-disease-ridden ticks might be waiting to suck your blood! We'll go In Depth........

A new congressional report puts the blame on Fisher-Price for failing to initiate a recall of an infant sleeper, which has been linked to the deaths of 30-babies --we'll take a closer look.

And a perk of being the richest man in the world: building your own spaceship ... and then using it. Jeff Bezos will be among the first passengers on a Blue Origin flight.

The FDA has given tentative approval to an Alzheimer's drug that some scientists say has not actually been proven to be effective.

California's decades-old assault weapons ban was overturned by a federal judge, but is that ban really over?

And how the idea of a global minimum tax rate on corporations might ultimately impact us ... everyday consumers.

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So.... the Pentagon says there's no evidence that those unusual flying objects that seem to defy the laws of physics are aliens...........and they claim it definitely isn't ultra-advanced American military technology...........but they can't say for sure what's going on. So we'll go In Depth.

Hospitalizations of teenagers suffering from critical cases of COVID-19 are on the rise .... and that's not supposed to be happening in healthy young bodies. This is fueling a much more urgent drive to get teens and adolescents vaccinated.

Speaking of which, California held its first vaccine lottery drawing; will several weeks' worth of cash and prizes move the needle ... or needles into arms?  

Are 10% of Los Angeles County residents really planning on moving away in the coming months. Or is that just a splashy headline.

Reports from former President Trump's inner circle suggest that he truly believes he'll soon be reinstated in the White House; so how does one approach that conspiracy theory?

And we'll bring you the tale of one woman's wallet, that went missing in 1975, only to be reunited with its owner 46 years later.

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Semiconductor chips are now built into everything from our refrigerators to our cars, so the current shortage has had huge repercussions........but..........could there be relief on the way? Could that new car you want finally be available? We'll go In Depth.

The CDC says if you're fully vaccinated, it's probably safe to take off your mask indoors; but today, California workplace regulators are likely to disagree with that and keep all of us office-dwellers masked up.

And if you ever wanted to fly at supersonic speeds on the Concorde but never got the chance .........your opportunity might just be a few years away, care of United Airlines.

Here in California, bad news for the climate: new research shows a staggering amount of old-growth giant Sequoia trees were lost during a fire that burned last year.

The Redditors are at it again -- doing that GameStop stock run-up with AMC .... again.

And the message from the White House to major corporations on cybersecurity: when it comes to fending off hackers, you're mostly on your own.

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The pattern is pretty familiar by now: Russian cybercriminals launch a ransomware attack, paralyzing computer systems. The attacked company or utility ultimately pays the ransom to unlock its servers...........then we rinse and repeat. So what's finally going to break the cycle of hackers acting with impunity? We'll go In Depth.

It was one of the world's biggest meat processing companies that was the victim this time -- how badly will supplies be disrupted? 

And a real estate story: Californians, looking to escape our own over-heated market, have fled to other cities in the Western U.S. and driven up THEIR prices, so basically, everything is super expensive right now.

Yesterday's deadly shooting at an L.A. County fire station was just the latest in a string of workplace shootings we'll try and find out why we're seeing a spike in violence. 

Amazon endorses the effort to legalize marijuana nationally AND says it's changing its drug testing policy.

And at the end of today's show: bracing for the Congressional report on UFO's, due out this week...........because the truth is out there, somewhere.

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When dealing with bears, the guidance usually DOES NOT involve rushing a potentially attacking bear and shoving the bear out of the way. And yet, that's what a teenage girl in the San Gabriel Valley did over the long weekend when a large bear and her cubs showed up in her backyard and took several swipes are her dogs. So we'll talk with her about her insane bravery........

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre, when a thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma was attacked by a racist mob, likely killing hundreds--it was a largely forgotten piece of American history, we will go In Depth on the effort to bring broader attention to the brutally ugly incident.

And Naomi Osaka has stirred up a ton of debate about the obligations and expectations of professional athletes........and how pro athletes deal with mental health issues. We'll go In Depth on Osaka's decision to withdraw from the Paris Open rather than face reporters' questions.

We're going to cover three different stories with a common theme, see if you can find it:

-The CDC is easing back on COVID restrictions for summer camps, ending the face mask requirement for outdoor activities; but when it comes to indoors, there will be a divide between the vaccinated and unvaccinated campers.

-Here in California, workplace regulators are keeping mask rules in place for a while longer............because there is no certainty about who among workers are vaccinated and unvaccinated.

-Then we go to Houston, where a group of unvaccinated hospital workers is suing..........because the hospital is requiring ALL employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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The truth. Senate Republicans seem to be saying---we can't handle the truth. The truth about what exactly happened on Jan 6th during that insurrection on Capitol Hill. So, they blocked the formation of a bipartisan commission to investigate. We will go In Depth.

Face masks. For more than a year, most of us couldn't live without them. Now, when vaccinated people are being told they CAN live without them, some just don't want to? What's THAT about?

And, with uncertainty about how the coronavirus that causes Covid 19 was born, we ask questions about safety precautions at research labs...like the one in Wuhan, China.

Anger at our airports and on our airplanes. Why? And what does it mean for travel this Memorial Day weekend? We'll go In Depth on that.

If you're planning on using Uber or Lyft this weekend, prepare yourself ...some of the rides are INSANELY expensive.

And we'll look at the true meaning of Memorial Day, which runs deeper than travel and sales and barbeques. 

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With 50-percent of American adults fully vaccinated, infection rates and hospitalizations falling, kids heading back to schools and workers to offices, one could be tempted to believe that we've put the worst of the pandemic behind us.

And that may be the case. But if these are the closing months, we're in store for a complicated transition to what our new normal will be -- which includes, among other things -- dealing with two different kinds of people: the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.

We're going to spend our first half-hour on In Depth talking about all of this with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, in an exclusive interview.

Then: the Biden administration is putting forward a massive 6-trillion-dollar budget proposal for the federal government that re-imagines the social safety net..........but who's going to pay for it?

Eric Garcetti looks set to pack his bags for India.......but then who becomes the temporary mayor of Los Angeles?

And remember all of the talk about a post-pandemic home-office work hybrid, where workers could choose ... keep things fluid. Yeah, it looked good on paper, but it's a lot rougher in reality.

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