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DECEMBER 8TH, 2023

FRIDAY

You’re about to walk into your best weekend ever.

TRENDING 🚀 

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LOCAL

EATS

• STARBUCKS COMPETITOR ☕️ McDonalds unveiled their menu for CosMcs, a standalone shop with coffee + treats, competing with Starbucks.

• DESSERT 🍰 California.com just released their list of the best dessert eats in LA. Number one on the list: DTLA’s Bottega Louie.

• BEST FOR 2024 🔥The ten best restaurants that are coming to Los Angeles in 2024, ranked by TimeOut.

• CENTURY PLAZA 🆕 Three new restaurants are coming to Century Plaza in late 2024: Estiatorio Milos (Greek), KYU (Asian BBQ), and Sushi Noz.

• MID-CITY 🇬🇷 Greek Eats, a new fast-casual restaurant, will open on Third Street near Mid-City during the first week of January.

• EAGLE ROCK 🥧 Cherished pie shop, Know Reality, bounces back just in time for the Holidays.

DEVELOPMENT

• BURBANK 🏨 Cambria Hotel nears completion on N. San Fernando Blvd.

• DIGITAL CONTAINERS 🤝 Singapore, LA, and Long Beach unveil partnership strategy on green + digital shipping corridor.

• CULVER CITY 🏢 Mixed-use project starts to rise on West Venice Boulevard.

EVENTS

UPCOMING TRENDING EVENTS:

💸 Free

• 🎸 6:00pm Jenny Lewis Hollywood Palladium

• 🎶 6:30pm SoFar Sounds Venice Secret Location

• 🎸 7:00pm The Dresden Dolls Belasco Theater

• 🥾 7:00pm Bootloose Fridays Desert 5 Spot

• 🎸 7:00pm Codeine The Echo

• 🎵 7:00pm Phaseone The Observatory

• 🎸 9:00pm Natural Child 2 LODGE Room

• 🍻 9:00pm Drunk Theatre Santa Monica Playhouse

• 🎸 9:30pm Anthony Valadez Townhouse Venue

• 🎉 WEEKEND: Weekend LA Events We Like L.A. inclds. 💸 

• 🔮 WEEKEND: Weekend Events LAist inclds. 💸 

• ⏩️ SAN FERNANDO: A week of events, thru 14th. inclds. 💸 

• 💯 GUIDE: Karaoke, trivia, comedy + poetry, contains 💸

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CULTURE

ACTIVITIES

• MAGICAL BLVD🎄I have a very fond spot for Lancaster. It was in this city, 45-minutes away from Burbank, where I got sober. So for me, Lancaster is a magical place, and Christmas Magic will be celebrated this weekend on Lancaster’s BLVD.

• HANUKKAH 🕎 Celebrations and lightings for Hanukkah throughout LA.

• KWANZAA🕯️Six incredible events celebrating Kwanzaa in Los Angeles.

• CHRISTMAS TREE FARMS🎄Seven magical Christmas Tree farms to explore throughout Southern California.

• PACIFIC PALISADES 🌊 Theatre Palisades’ Tenth Annual Radio Show to feature a Christmas Carol.

• SANTA MONICA PLACE 🎅 Get in the Holiday Spirit at Santa Monica Place with free Santa photos, a giant Christmas Tree, Holiday Lights and more!

COMMUNITY

• REINDEER 🦌 Uber Eats is branding their cute, but sometimes creepy, food-delivery robots with reindeer dressing for the Winter.

• PORT OF L.A.🛳️ Public input has been requested for a proposed terminal island development by the Port of L.A. Proposal documents are available, with comments to: [email protected]

• AI BUSES 🚇️ SFO’s Hayden AI has partnered with LA Metro, providing bus lane + bus stop enforcement cameras. One-hundred systems will be implemented soon with the remainder for a spring release.

• WHAT A MOM WANTS 👩 An online community for Moms: the best product recs, real stories and so much more!

BUSINESS

• BOUTIQUES 🛍️ LA’s best boutiques to shop for unique finds.

• TESLA 🔌 The City of Carson will be home to a new Tesla Suprcharger at the Carson Event Center. The station will host twenty cars and is expected to open in summer of 2024.

• WEST LA 🥩 The premium meat retailer, Herd & Grace, recently had a grand opening of their flagship location, West Pico Boulevard.

• CHRISTMAS OPENINGS 🎄 Los Angeles restaurants that are open on Christmas Day and Christmas Eve in Beverly Hills.

ENTERTAINMENT

• STREAMING BETA 🤓 A selection of Hulu content is now available on Disney+ as part of a bundle beta. The official launch is slated for March 2024.

• AFI AWARDS 🏆️ Barbie and Oppenheimer among AFI 2023 film and TV award honorees.

• BEST MOVIES OF 2023 🎬️ The best movies of 2023 according to the Associated Press. List includes: Oppenheimer, Fallen Leaves and May December.

SPORTS

• RAMS 🐏 Sunday - 10am: at Ravens with Ravens favored by seven. Kicker Mason Crosby signed on Wednesday to practice squad.

• CHARGERS 🏈 Sunday - also 10am, Broncos at SoFi. Chargers favored by three. Updated injury report for both teams.

• ANGEL CITY ⚽️ ACFC signs Los Angeles-native, defender Gisele Thompson through 2025 season with option for 2026.

SEE YOU MONDAY, LA!