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October 30thLADWP pauses shutoffs through 2026. Plus Mayor Butts on Inglewood’s comeback, rain on Halloween, and a free hip-hop block party in DTLA. |
 Downtown LA at night. Photo: Hannes Flo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. |
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MORNING MESSAGE Good morning, LA. Halloween is the one night a year everybody gets to be someone else. Here's the thing: you don't need a costume to become the person you keep talking about. That person shows up when it's inconvenient. Keeps their word when nobody's checking. Bets on themselves before anybody else does. Try them on this weekend. Then keep them on Monday. Scottie |
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INTO THE WEEKEND The best things to do in LA this weekend | SAT 10/31 · DTLA · FREE · 21+ Halloween Hop Out III: DTLA Hip-Hop Block Party 932 Wilson St, DTLA · 9 PM to 2 AM · Free RSVP · 21+ DTLA is getting a FREE hip-hop block party this Halloween! Ed Wynn Presents brings Hop Out back for year three. It's indoors, rain or shine, so wear the costume. RSVP FREE → Flyer: Ed Wynn Presents |
 | SAT 10/31 · DTLA · 11 PM TO 5 AM Heat Check Halloween Secret DTLA location · 11 PM to 5 AM · Tickets on Posh MC Shank and The Cookout host an all-nighter with a haunted maze and Hunny Bee, Waseel, DJ Social, Yahdy Sensei, Kaiya Nyasha and Mana Moves. GET TICKETS → Flyer: Heat Check via Posh |
 | FRI 10/30 · DTLA · 9 PM TO 2 AM Auntie Jamz Halloween: Soul Train Edition LOST DTLA, 718 S Hill St · 9 PM to 2 AM · Tickets on Posh Kick off the weekend on the Soul Train line. Sounds by Benjamin Walker, Blue The Great, Rosegawd and Joe Carnell, hosted by Kristian. 80s-inspired costumes highly encouraged. GET TICKETS → Flyer: Auntie Jamz via Posh |
ALSO THIS WEEKEND Ballot Party: Beyond the Ballot! · Fri 10/30, 7 to 9 PM · Los Angeles, location shared on RSVP · Free · Nonpartisan community conversation hosted by Young, Black & Outside RSVP → West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval · Sat 10/31, 6 to 11 PM · Santa Monica Blvd, Doheny Dr to La Cienega Blvd · Free Details → Katalyst: Halloween Vibes at Blue Note LA · Sat 10/31, 7 PM and 9:30 PM · $20 minimum per person Tickets → Smorgasburg LA: Día de los Muertos · Sun 11/1, 10 AM to 4 PM · ROW DTLA, 777 S Alameda St · Free entry Details → Midcity Mercado Día de los Muertos Festival · Sun 11/1, noon to 8 PM · West Adams Details → Noche de los Muertos at Grand Park · Sun 11/1, 3 to 7 PM · Gloria Molina Grand Park, DTLA · Free Details → Long Beach Día de los Muertos Festival · Sun 11/1, 1 to 7 PM · Rainbow Lagoon, 400 E Shoreline Dr · Free Details → Rain is in the forecast Saturday night. Check event pages before you head out. |
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COMING UP | 11/7 | Black Men's Wellness Day: Los Angeles 2026 · Earvin "Magic" Johnson Recreation Area, 905 E El Segundo Blvd · 8 AM to 1 PM · Free Register → | | 11/7 | Indie Night LA · TCL Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd · 3 to 5 PM · Short films including the world premiere of "The Times Brought Me In: Professor Benson Speaks" Tickets → |
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IN THE NEWS What LA is talking about | WEATHER Light showers are possible Friday, with the best chance of rain Saturday night into Sunday morning, around a third to half an inch. It could be LA's first rainy Halloween since 2014. Skies should clear Sunday afternoon. Read more on NBC LA → |
 | LOCAL After Mayor Bass called for an independent audit of rates, the DWP board approved suspending shutoffs for unpaid residential bills through 2026 and a rate review, but did not order a new audit. Read more on KTLA → |
 | COMMUNITY But more than a third of this year's victims are Black, in a city that is about 8% Black. Gang interventionists are getting credit for the drop. Read more on LA Times → |
QUICK BITES - The City Council approved a free permit for micro-shoots (crews of 10 or fewer) and a study of $1 fees for filming at city facilities, part of the push to keep Hollywood production home. NBC LA →
- Kozo Los Angeles, the Afro-Asian restaurant from Ghanaian entrepreneur Ramzi Yamusah (already in Accra and Kigali), is slated to open on Sunset Blvd. Kimchi jollof rice is on the menu. The Infatuation →
- Gilbert Pérez Bar, a Mexican rum bar, is now open upstairs from Daisy Margarita Bar in Sherman Oaks. Eater LA →
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FROM THE TEAM  Mayor Butts pulls up to Scottie N FRNDS Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts sat down with us to break down how the city went from nearly missing payroll to 5 million visitors a year, and how it landed the Rams, the Chargers and the Clippers. He also gets into Measure BB and the city's billboard money. His line that stuck with us: “Vision without execution and planning is pure hallucination.” ▶ WATCH THE EPISODE → Also new on the channel: Earry Hall on why LA nightlife isn't dead. Watch the clip → |
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DO YOU KNOW LA? Self Help Graphics & Art in Boyle Heights helped bring Día de los Muertos to LA. What year did it hold its first celebration?Lock it in. The answer is at the bottom. No scrolling ahead. |
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THE SBRBN LIST 3 spots for pan de muerto this Día de los Muertos weekendOur top 3 this week. Get there early, it goes fast. 1. La Monarca Bakery 101 N BOYLE AVE · BOYLE HEIGHTS · PANADERÍA All-natural pan de muerto made with butter, sugar and orange zest. Grab a 6-piece box for the ofrenda, or hit the Hollywood spot on Western. Visit → |
2. La Flor de Yucatán 1800 S HOOVER ST · PICO-UNION · PANADERÍA An old-school Yucatecan panadería that still feels like a time warp inside. Pan de muerto is on the seasonal menu. Visit → |
3. Gusto Bread 2710 E 4TH ST · LONG BEACH · MASA MADRE PANADERÍA Masa madre pan de muerto with fennel and orange zest, baked fresh every day through Nov 2. Open Wed to Sun, and it sells out, so go early. Visit → |
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DO YOU KNOW LA? · THE ANSWER B) 1973 Self Help Graphics & Art planned its first Día de los Muertos in 1973 as a one-time celebration to share the tradition with East LA. It caught on, and it still runs today. Read the history → That is the week. See you outside. Scottie & the SBRBN team P.S. Not sure where to go tonight? Ask the Club SBRBN app. It is free → |
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MEMBERS ONLY · CLUB PICKS Thanks for being a member. Here's how we'd run Halloween weekend. - Rain plan for Saturday · Halloween Hop Out III is indoors, rain or shine. If the forecast holds, that's your safest costume party of the night. Details →
- WeHo Halloween: skip the parking · The free WeHo Halloween Ride runs 6 PM to 3 AM on Santa Monica Blvd, and only clear bags are allowed on the route. Details →
- The Sunday double · Smorgasburg's Día de los Muertos edition at ROW DTLA (10 AM to 4 PM, free entry), then Noche de los Muertos at Grand Park from 3 to 7 PM. The Grand Park ofrendas stay up through Mon Nov 2. Details →
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