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on this day in history

📆 August 10th

• 👨‍⚖️ In 1846, Pio Pico was sworn in as governor of California, in Los Angeles.

• 📻️ In 2019, the first-ever Real Street Festival, a hip-hop music festival hosted by Real 92.3 radio station, took place at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The festival featured performances by Cardi B, Future, 2 Chainz, Meek Mill, and others.

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🔎 What LA searched for in July: No, we do not have access to your data and we also value privacy as nerd-curators. But we all have access to what our community has been searching. Broken down and analyzed, here are our favorite top-search queries that we have Googled as a Los Angeles Community:

1. 🎞️ Sound of Freedom: a film released on July 4th about a former homeland security special agent who founded Operational Underground Railroad (OUR), a nonprofit organization that rescues others.

2. 🏆️ Emmy Awards: Nominations for the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on July 12th, with ceremonies planned for September 18th. Due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strikes, the ceremony has since been postponed to an unspecified date

3. 💲Ripple: On July 13th, a judge ruled in favor of Ripple Labs in a lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The court ruled that Ripple's cryptocurrency token, XRP, is not a security sold on digital asset exchanges. However, it is considered a security when sold to institutional investors

4. 🎾 Wimbledon: On July 16th, Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic in five sets for the men’s Wimbledon title

5. ⚽️ FIFA Women’s World Cup: On July 20th, the United States Women’s National Team defeated Vietnam, 3-0, to open the U.S’ tournament play at the 2023 World Cup

6. 🇮🇪 Sinèad O’Connor: On July 26th, O’Connor passed away in London. She was an Irish singer, songwriter, and political activist who rose to fame with the release of her 1987 debut album, ‘The Lion and the Cobra,’ which dominated charts internationally

7. 📦️ United Parcel Service: On July 25th, United Parcel Service (UPS) reached an agreement with Teamsters on behalf of their over 350,000 unionized-workers. The agreement called off plans for a strike

8. 🇨🇳 Qin Gang: On July 25th, Chinese Foreign Minster Qin Gang was removed from his post after seven months of being on the job due to political reasons

9. 👛 Barbie: On July 23rd, the Google Search query for Barbie peaked, correlating with Barbie’s July 21st opening day, rolling in money for a very successful opening weekend

10. 🇺🇸 July: The query of the month itself, July, peaked on July 4th, correlating with Our Nation’s 247th birthday of independence from Great Britain following the Revolutionary War

*We tried our very best to stick by our mission: refrain from political opinion and morbidity. Please let us know how we did by Surfing with us

♻️ LA changes rules for plastics + recycling: what we need to know: The city has recently updated its rules for plastics + recycling to align with the state’s new law that aims to reduce single-use plastic pollution and increase recycling rates. Here’s what we need to know:

• 1️⃣ Plastic food containers, such as microwave trays, frozen food pouches, and clam-shell containers, are now accepted into blue bins #1 and #2. Just empty and rinse before tossing them in.

• 🚫 The city no longer accepts plastic bags, styrofoam, or other plastics that are not food containers in blue bins. Disposals of styrofoams are banned in all blue bins throughout, and should be disposed in black bins.

• 💯 The city heavily encourages the reduce of single-use plastics by encouraging us to switch to reusable items, such as water bottles, cups, straws, utensils, and reusable bags.

• ☑️ By 2032, all single-use plastics in California must be recyclable or compostable.

• 🟩 We can now put food scraps, including food-soiled paper, in the green bin along with yard waste.

The city reminds us that following these rules will allow us to achieve LA’s Green New Deal goal, reaching zero waste by 2050

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🍣 Owa, a new Japanese restaurant and craft cocktail bar on Abbot Kinney: If we are looking for a place to enjoy sushi, cocktails, and dancing in Venice, then we might want to check out Owa, a new Japanese restaurant and craft cocktail bar that opened on Abbot Kinney in late July. Owa is a collaboration between chef Yoshi Matsumoto, who used to run the kitchen at Chaya Venice, and owners Mario Vollera and Patrick Brunet, who also own South End and Roosterfish. Owa offers Edo-style sushi, chirashi bowls, spicy tuna crispy rice, and a full omakase option, prepared with fresh, locally-sourced ingredients.

🥒 PickleFest contest winners announced: The winners of the contest were announced by the mayor and received prizes such as gift baskets, Farmers Market money, and pickle-themed merchandise

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😺 CatVideoFest ^{THRU SUNDAY} | 💰️ Donation |📍Vidiots | CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. CatVideoFest is a joyous communal experience, only available in theaters, and raises money for cats in need through partnerships with local cat charities | Find out more 

🎤 Ben Schwartz ^{SATURDAY, 9:15PM} | 💰️ $65 |📍Largo at the Coronet | Ben Schwartz. With his friends. Doing improv. Late show. | Find out more 

🦖 Dinosaur Improv ^{AUG. 25TH, 8:00PM} | 💰️ $35 |📍Largo at the Coronet | With Paul Scheer, Owen Burke, Chad Carter, Rob Huebel, Seth Morris, Jason Mantzoukas, Rob Riggle, and very special guests! (Rescheduled from July 15th) | Find out more 

🪕 John C. Reilly is Mister Romantic ^{SEPT. 7TH} | 💰️ $35 + |📍Largo at the Coronet | Please join John C. Reilly for an evening of love, longing and song accompanied by the sweet sounds of a crackerjack band including Gabe Witcher, Davíd Garza, Sebastian Steinberg and Charles De Castro. Come alone, with a love or with a love to be but please do come and share some magic with ole Mister Cellophane himself. | Find out more 

🫶 Things To Do in Los Angeles This Week [8-7-2023 to 8-11-2023] ^GUIDE from the fine folks over at We Like L.A.

📆 Best Things To Do This Week In Los Angeles And SoCal: Aug. 7 - 10 ^GUIDE from the fine folks over at LAist

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🪩 LA’s fifty-years of influencing hip-hop and culture: Fifty years ago, a new music genre dropped, with much of this music coming Straight Outta Compton. We take a brief read, seeing how big cities like LA and NYC have changed culture with sound waves

🎒 2023 - 2024 Beverly Hills School Calendar: First day of school for Beverly Hills Unified School District is this Monday, August 14th, additional key dates below:

🥁 Curator Jeffrey Deitch provides free immersive space: Jeffrey Deitch, the former MOCA director and curator, is offering a unique opportunity for our city’s underground artists. He is providing them with a free, immersive space to showcase their work at his namesake galleries in Hollywood. Deitch’s vision is to create a dynamic and diverse art scene that attracts people of all ages and backgrounds

speaking of curators…

Meet Wil Chockley.

Wil is curating his vibe within our local LA tech sector, serving as a Venture Capitalist Partner with 75 & Sunny, all while rebranding Dot.LA, Los Angeles’ biggest tech media entity/community as Dot.LA’s CEO.

See how both Wil, Spencer Rascoff (co-founder, Zillow + Hotwire), and other known-LA techies are putting our tech scene on a bigger map, all of this while humanizing Wil’s story, and learning of what Wil believes was his hardest subject matter while at Dartmouth: dinosaurs.

have an awesome thursday. catch you surfin, la 🤙