The COVID vaccines continue to deliver as promised: new long-term data out today, taken from nearly 50-thousand clinical trial participants, shows that Pfizer's vaccine was still providing effective immunity six months after the doses were first given.

Does that diminish some of the talk that we'll need annual boosters? We'll go In Depth.

And what if we mixed doses.........say one shot of Pfizer, and then one shot of Moderna ..........could that offered enhanced immunity?

Then we're going down to Brazil where a lack of leadership and mishandling of the pandemic has the country's healthcare system on the brink of collapse. 

The effort to reopen LAUSD campuses to teachers and students was fraught with issues and contention -- and now there's a lawsuit, from parents ... aimed at the teachers union, arguing that kids were being used as props. We'll hear from both sides.

Could Godzilla breathe new life (atomic breath) into box offices that have sat idle for the past year? 

And baseball is back: and this opening day ... slightly less weird than last year's start.

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First, it was the turn of America's senior citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19; then came those with essential jobs and preexisting medical vulnerabilities. Now, as the gates are opening wider, the next frontier is inoculating teenagers and adolescents.

Pfizer has released very promising early results of its trial testing out its vaccine candidate on young teens.

But ...how many parents will feel comfortable allowing their kids to get vaccinated? We'll go In depth.

And in some non-COVID medical news: could baby aspirin be the key to making colorectal cancer less deadly? New research suggests.......yes!

Taking a flight? Say so long to that empty middle seat on Delta...... the last holdout is ending that policy.......one of the few plus sides of the pandemic.

We will pull apart President Biden's ambitious infrastructure bill, that goes way beyond roads and bridges.

And what's making black bears in Northern California really friendly.........and then killing them??

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Orange County.....is about to move into the Orange. The county, making progress on vaccinations and holding down infection rates, is poised to move into the next less-restrictive COVID tier......so we're going In Depth on what to expect in terms of reopenings, the end of most capacity limits and a much easier-going approach to the pandemic.

And how comfortable are doctors with broader reopenings, as COVID cases start to pick up again in other parts of the country? 

Some promising news when it comes to COVID variants: new research shows your body might be able to recognized and fight off different strains .... whether you've been previously infected or you're vaccinated.

All eyes on an Amazon warehouse in Alabama where votes are being counted in a union effort that might prime more pushes to unionize.

USC and UCLA, both in the NCAA college basketball tournament's Elite 8 for the first time.

And at the end of the show........you've been vaccinated, but you had zero side effects -- does that mean the vaccine is working?

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First ... good news: the CDC says the COVID vaccinations that we're getting are working exactly as promised in real-world scenarios. Now, the bad news: vaccinations aren't keeping pace with reopenings across much of the country and infections are rising again..........and there's a real fear we're on the cusp of another surge. So we'll go In Depth.

Latino communities have taken the biggest brunt of the pandemic, with Latinos contracting the virus at a significantly higher rate than whites; and vaccines have been slow to make it into the arms, so we'll ask why.

And the research into the origins of this entire mess -- how the virus first started circulating among humans -- reaches a crossroads.

As the murder trial of former cop Derek Chauvin gets underway today, we'll talk with a Minneapolis city councilwoman about what has changed -- and what hasn't-- since the death of George Floyd.

If you want to get back to concerts and baseball games and museums, are you going to need a vaccine passport? 

And the teaching profession, already in short supply of new recruits before the pandemic, is having an even tougher time.

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It was only about two weeks ago that a highly critical report was issued about how the LAPD handled the George Floyd protests last summer, with specific criticisms over the department's aggressive interactions with reporters.

Flash forward to last night, with protesters in the streets around Echo Park Lake... and journalists in zip ties. So we will go In Depth.

Former President Trump was on Fox News last night saying that the rioters who stormed the halls of Congress on January 6th posed absolutely no threat to anyone......even though five people were killed.

And the signing of laws in Georgia that will severely restrict voting rights is setting up an epic battle between efforts to limit voting and a push to dramatically expand those rights.

How does the idea of a super COVID vaccine, one that will offer immunity against all variants of the virus, sound to you? We'll talk with a researcher who's working on that.

Rutgers University becomes the first major school to require all of its students returning for the Fall semester to get vaccinated.

And at the end of today's show, we're going to bring you one man's story of long-hauler COVID symptoms ... not aches, or pains ... but psychosis.

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The most anticipated political event of the season finally arrived: Joe Biden's first press conference as president! After all of the hype and hand-ringing, it was a pretty mellow performance.

We'll go In Depth, as the president and Democrats seek to press their agenda; and we'll look at which elements of gun control, an infrastructure overhaul and immigration reform have a realistic shot at making it through Congress.

Meanwhile here in California, the gates to COVID vaccines are about to swing wide open...

Are you looking for a way to get a shot.......and do you miss vacationing by the beach? Head to the Virgin Islands, where they have both options for you.

We will look at the backlash to Krispy Kreme's incentive of a free donut for people who get vaccinated...and why we must argue about everything.

And at the end of today's show: Jay Leno issued an apology for telling years' worth of offensive jokes about Asian Americans, which raises very complicated questions about comics and what they say -- racist or edgy -- and when and whether they apologize.

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So you're fully vaccinated and now you're effectively bulletproof against COVID-19 right?! Well, not exactly: you've probably seen the splashy headlines of people who have been infected after vaccination, and now there's new research out that gives an idea of how common -- or uncommon -- that is.......so we'll go In Depth.

Speaking of life after vaccination, how are the senior citizens among us living their lives? We'll ask....

And then we'll head off across the Atlantic, where Europeans are protesting new lockdown measures as the continent is undergoing yet another surge of COVID cases.

The plan to shut down and clear Echo Park of a tent city, that's sheltering at least 100 homeless people, has sparked fierce debate about how the city should address the larger, stubborn homelessness problem......we will get into that.

If you drive a newer Tesla model, you're being watched: Consumer Reports is sounding the alarm over "in-cabin" cameras. They're supposed to be for safety...but now, we have privacy concerns.

And we also now have a pretty good idea of the origins of a mysterious space rock that floated through our solar system.......aliens? Probably not. But maybe.

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It's a grim sign that things are returning to normal in America: two mass shootings within a week of each other, first in Atlanta and then yesterday in Boulder. And this, unfortunately, is what normalcy looks like in America: mass shootings and lots of gun violence. Why are we so prone to being so violent? We'll go In Depth.

COVID cases have started to slowly rise again in over half of U.S. states......and it could be the beginning of what the CDC director is calling the most avoidable surge of this pandemic.

And then there's AstraZeneca, which could have a very promising vaccine candidate but has managed to irritate the FDA with unreliable data.

How will you spend your stimulus payment? While the conventional wisdom is food or rent, a lot of checks are going toward vacations, down payments on new cars and even day trading.

New clinical trials underway right here in Southern California are testing the impact psychedelics, like magic mushrooms, could have on treating PTSD and depression.

And yet another reason you really don't want catch CVOID: long-term symptoms that include psychosis and total mental breakdowns.

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If you've recently been vaccinated against COVID-19, keep those "proof of vaccination" cards ... you're gonna need 'em: In New York City, Madison Square Garden will take vaccine cards for fans wanting to watch the Knicks and Rangers -- we will go In Depth on why this is likely just the start of showing "proof of vaccine."

The biggest pockets of vaccine resistance aren't coming from communities of color..........instead it's white, male Republicans who are skeptical of getting vaccinated......we'll ask why.

And AstraZeneca's much-debated COVID vaccine candidate could soon be available here in the U.S.

Speaking of.........where are all of those Johnson & Johnson doses we'd been expecting?

LAUSD teachers formally approve the back-to-classroom plans, we'll check in with a union member on his hopes and hesitations.

And we'll look at the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, and why politics is likely getting in the way of complicated solutions.

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Feel free to gather around the chalkboard, kids: OUT is six feet of social distancing for kids coming back to classrooms, IN is a mere 3-feet of distancing, according to new CDC guidelines. But is the science behind the change sound? We'll go In Depth.

California's newest Senator, Alex Padilla, comes to In Depth today to talk about what's on deck for Democrats and the Biden administration......including the possibility of nuking the filibuster in the Senate.

Speaking of the Biden administration, we'll look at the first significant foreign policy forays of the new president, which have included picking fights with two of America's biggest adversaries, Russia & China.

California's vaccination program got off to an inconsistent start, has been plagued by both organizational and supply issues, but it seems to finally be finding its legs: we'll talk with the CEO of Blue Shield California, which is overseeing the effort.

And when the women and men college basketball players, participating in the NCAA's March Madness tournaments, took up residence in their respective bubbles they found very, very different accommodations awaiting them.

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