Robocalls like this one, in Mandarin, is part of a scam targeting Chinese-speakers. The automated message claims to be from the Chinese consulate, and that personal information is needed to protect one's right to travel abroad.

Listen to this example of the scammers' robocalls

The LA Philharmonic's Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, better known as YOLA, is on tour in Mexico City all this week…culminating in a free, open rehearsal with LA Phil director Gustavo Dudamel at the renown Palacio de Bellas Artes.

LA Phil's Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles on tour in Mexico City

With so much going on these days, it can be hard to find a little peace of mind. So, as often as possible, we're going to bring encouragement from members of our community to help you find peace. Today, we bring you a story that you might title "Love in a Time of Covid." West Adams couple Edward Anderson and Clare Anderson Fox had a big wedding planned this past Saturday until the pandemic had its say. But even though life had other plans, they didn't let it get in the way of love.

Produced by Austin Cross

Marriage in a Time of Covid-19

Rabbi Susan Goldberg of Nefesh Shabbat Reads Reflections on Disappointment from “Consolations” by David Whyte. Produced by Austin Cross.

Rabbi Susan Goldberg Reads Reflections on Disappointment

Parenting in the time of quarantine is not easy, but every week we'll give you a few wise words to help you get through. Today: Damona Hoffman offers some advice on how to maintain good relations with your partner while juggling work and kids and home isolation.

Parenting in the time of Quarantine: how to maintain good relations with your partner

For many of us, this time of quarantine isn't easy. It's an unprecedented situation that, at the moment, really has no end in sight.

So we thought it might be helpful to hear from someone who's gone through it and is almost on the other side.

Mayura Jain is a Los Angeles native who works as a writer and editor in Shanghai.

She's been in China for about 5 years.

And about a week before Chinese New Year— which fell on the last week of January this year.

Mayura began hearing about the novel coronavirus and saw her co-workers coming into the office with surgical masks...

Hope after quarantine

Who should wear face masks? When? And can I make one at home? All your questions answered in this Take Two talk with University of San Francisco data scientist Jeremy Howard. Get more Take Two: scpr.org/programs/take-two/

Why We Should Make and Wear Face Masks

Best practices for wearing a face mask in public then wash it when you get home.

Wear A Mask When Shopping

Masks protect others from the micro-droplets we spit when we talk. Data Scientist Jeremy Howard tells KPCC's Take Two, "Think about it this way: we know the spread is from the micro droplets of saliva when you are talking. If you have something over your face, obviously it will hit the mask and not the person you are talking to."

Why Wear A Mask? We All Spit Droplets

Former Obama Speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz Reflects on Hesed in a Time of Quarantine

KPCC's Tamika Adams has been meaning to bike to work more often, but one thing has held her back: she doesn't own a bike helmet. Leo Duran gives her some advice, and they go on a trip to REI.

How to Buy a Bike Helmet

Here at Take Two, we want you to get the absolute most out of your summer. We've literally got your back. Contributing to our SoCal Summer Hacks series, Tamika Adams is here to help you keep the worst pests of summer at bay.

SOCAL SUMMER HACKS: MOSQUITOES

Last fall, KPCC/LAist gave point-and-shoot film cameras to 12 Southern California parents of young children and invited them to document their lives. Since then, A LOT of things have changed: a pandemic, economic downturn and a national reckoning with the country’s history of racism and police violence, to name a few.

Yet, isn’t parenting so often about guiding kids through life’s big changes? Just as there was no one parenting experience before the pandemic, there is no single parenting experience during it, either. Throughout it all, these 12 parents continued taking photos with their phones and sharing with us how their lives were changing.

Join this group of families, from South Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley and San Bernardino, as they show us what parenting really looks like, through their eyes.

Parenting Unfiltered, SoCal Parents Show What It's Like To Raise A Family Right Now

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