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November 6thNithya Raman defeated Karen Bass and will be LA’s next mayor. Plus a 30+ R&B festival in DTLA, a free Día de los Muertos in Boyle Heights and Lauryn Hill and Wyclef at the Bowl. |  City Hall from Grand Park at night. Photo: Casfreelancer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. | | MORNING MESSAGE Good morning, LA. Thirty years ago, The Score came out. This Sunday, Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean will fill the Hollywood Bowl with it. That's what happens when you build something real. It outlives the moment, the trends and the people who doubted it. So build like that this week. Make the thing that still sounds right in 2056. Scottie | | INTO THE WEEKEND The best things to do in LA this weekend | SAT 11/7 · DTLA · 30+ Creators of Young Hearts & Hot Water Cornbread Are Teaming Up for a Strictly 30+ R&B Music & Food Festival in LA! The Courtyard DTLA, 334 Main St · 2 to 9 PM · 30+ Young Hearts and Justin Cox, creator of Hot Water Cornbread, bring a strictly 30+ R&B food and music festival downtown, with 702 on stage celebrating 30 years. GET TICKETS → Flyer: Young Hearts |
 | SAT 11/7 · BOYLE HEIGHTS · FREE Self Help Graphics 53rd Annual Día de los Muertos 1300 E 1st St, Boyle Heights · 3 to 10 PM · Free, register online Self Help Graphics' 53rd annual celebration is back. The procession leaves Mariachi Plaza at 2 PM, then it's altars, live music, the Muertos Market, food and face painting. REGISTER FREE → Flyer: Self Help Graphics & Art |
 | SUN 11/8 · HOLLYWOOD BOWL · 7:30 PM Ms. Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean: Celebrating 30 Years of The Score Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Ave · 7:30 PM The Fugees' classic turns 30, and Lauryn and Wyclef are bringing it to the Bowl. Heads up: no outside alcohol at this one. GET TICKETS → Art: Hollywood Bowl |
| | COMING UP Next week in LA, Nov 9 to 15 | FRI 11/13 · INGLEWOOD · 7:30 PM How The West Was Won: E-40 & Too $hort YouTube Theater, 1011 Stadium Dr · Doors 6:30 PM, show 7:30 PM E-40 and Too $hort headline a West Coast night with Mack 10, Daz Dillinger featuring a special guest, Sage the Gemini, Kid Ink, Joe Moses and Tee-Fli. GET TICKETS → Flyer: Live Nation |
| 11/9 | KYU opens in Century City · Century Plaza Promenade Details → | | 11/12 | Holiday Ice Rink Pershing Square opens · Pershing Square, DTLA · Skating from $23.32 Tickets → | | 11/13 | BIGBANG at SoFi goes on sale · The Mar 13, 2027 show goes on sale Fri 11/13 at 10 AM on Ticketmaster, after a Nov 11 presale Details → | | 11/14 | Jorja Smith · Orpheum Theatre, DTLA Tickets → | | 11/14 | Jackalope Art Fair · Central Park, Old Pasadena · Nov 14 and 15 · Free Details → | | 11/14 | Inglewood Open Studios Art Walk · Nov 14 and 15, noon to 5 PM · Free Details → | | 11/15 | CicLAvia: Pasadena · Colorado Blvd · 9 AM to 3 PM · Free Details → | | 11/15 | Chris Brown & Usher · SoFi Stadium, Inglewood Tickets → | | 11/15 | Paul R. Williams: Architect for Living · LACMA, Resnick Pavilion · Opens Nov 15, runs through May 31, 2027 Details → |
| | IN THE NEWS What LA is talking about | ELECTION 2026 Mayor Karen Bass conceded Thursday after the latest count had Nithya Raman ahead 52.1% to 47.9% (429,450 to 394,796), with about 76% of the expected vote in. NBC News called the race Thursday morning. Raman is the first challenger to beat an incumbent LA mayor since Antonio Villaraigosa unseated Jim Hahn in 2005, and she will be sworn in in December. Read more on the LA Times → |
 | ELECTION 2026 Sheriff Robert Luna beat former Sheriff Alex Villanueva in their rematch, about 69% to 31%. The AP called the race. Read more on LAist → |
 | GETTING AROUND Waymo added Torrance, Manhattan Beach and El Segundo, growing its LA service area to about 210 square miles. LAX pickups still aren't part of it. Read more on LA Mag → |
 | KOREATOWN Councilmember Heather Hutt wants a 45-day pause on new karaoke permits in LAPD's Olympic Division, which covers Koreatown. Read more on NBC LA → |
QUICK BITES - Lawry's The Prime Rib in Beverly Hills is serving an Akaushi prime rib special Nov 6 to 15, $69 to $145. Lawry's →
- Jyan Isaac Bread is now open at 2800 Hyperion Ave in Silver Lake, 7 AM to 3 PM. Eater LA →
- The West Hollywood City Council voted 5–0 to create a domestic partnership registry that recognizes relationships with more than two partners. Attitude →
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| | THE SBRBN LIST 3 Black-owned spots to hit this weekendOur top 3 this week. 1. Earle's on Crenshaw 3864 CRENSHAW BLVD · CRENSHAW · HOT DOGS & VEGAN Brooklyn-born brothers Cary and Duane Earle started with a hot dog cart and have been on Crenshaw for more than 30 years. Open Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 9 PM, so make it your Saturday stop. Visit → |
2. Simply Wholesome 4508 W SLAUSON AVE · VIEW PARK–WINDSOR HILLS · HEALTH FOOD Percell Keeling opened it in 1984, and it lives in the Googie building that was once The Wich Stand. Get a Jamaican patty and a smoothie. Open Tue to Sat 9 to 9, Sun 9 to 8. Visit → |
3. Sip & Sonder at The Music Center 111 S GRAND AVE · DTLA · COFFEE The Black woman-owned coffee shop that started in Inglewood in 2017 now has a DTLA spot. Grab a coffee before Young Hearts on Saturday (open 10 AM to 3 PM; Sundays 11 to 3). Visit → |
| | DO YOU KNOW LA? LA architect Paul R. Williams taught himself a drawing trick so white clients could sit across the desk from him. What was it?Lock it in. The answer is at the bottom. No scrolling ahead. | | DO YOU KNOW LA? · THE ANSWER B) Sketching upside down Paul R. Williams learned to draw upside down so he could sketch across the desk for white clients who weren't comfortable sitting next to a Black architect. In 1923 he became the first African-American member of the American Institute of Architects. LACMA's show on his work opens Nov 15. Read more → 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 → | | CLUB SBRBN Members get more of LA. | ✓ | Members Only Discounts | | ✓ | Exclusive Content | | ✓ | Giveaways & Freebies | | ✓ | FREE Access to SBRBN Events | | ✓ | Local Partner Perks | | ✓ | Access to the SBRBN Directory |
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