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Tuesday, July 28th 2026
NEW RESTAURANT OPENINGS - NOLAN CROSSES $652M - A HOT WEEK AHEAD
Ham Porter from The Sandlot says he's baking like a toasted cheeser because it's so hot.
VIBES - TUESDAY, JULY 28TH 2026
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Two new restaurant openings, a Michelin star coming back, and a week that refuses to cool off.

VIBES · Tuesday, July 28th 2026JUL 28
4-DAY FORECAST - LA
TUESDAY
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84° 67°
MORNING CLOUDS, WARM AND SUNNY
WEDNESDAY
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83° 67°
COASTAL CLOUDS EARLY, 90s INLAND
THURSDAY
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83° 66°
SUNNY, TRIPLE DIGITS IN THE DESERT
FRIDAY
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86° 68°
COAST STAYS MILD, INLAND HEAT PEAKS
🌤️ DISCUSSION

Hotter than normal conditions hold all week, and the real story is the spread. Morning low clouds are likely along the LA coast each day before burning off, keeping the metro basin in the low to mid 80s while inland valleys run 86 to 90 and the high desert climbs from the upper 90s today toward 105 by Friday. A strong upper high settles over the Four Corners Thursday and peaks Saturday, with Extreme Heat Warnings already set for the Apple and Lucerne valleys Thursday morning and the Inland Empire on Friday. A large south swell from Hurricane Genevieve arrives tonight and builds through the weekend, bringing big waves and strong rip currents to south facing beaches.

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💭 QUOTE OF THE DAY

“When you don't have the track record to sell people on your past, sell them on your future.”

— Shane Parrish
⏪ 1984

The Games of the XXIII Olympiad opened at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the second time the city hosted the Summer Olympics. The Coliseum remains the only stadium to have staged an Olympic opening ceremony twice.

❓ TRIVIA QUESTION

Which Southern California burger chain just took top honors in a national fast food burger poll with its Double Char?

ANSWER AT THE BOTTOM
EATS01 / 06
A plate of Korean fried chicken dusted with chili flakes and herbs, served with dipping sauces at Kingbop in Wilshire Center.
WILSHIRE CENTER

Kingbop Lands On South Vermont

Kingbop has opened its second storefront at 709 S Vermont Ave, trading the oversized kimbap of its original Harvard Heights location for a tighter counter-service menu built to move. The lineup centers on the crunchy sushi tacos that built the name, alongside loaded fries, crisp starters, and Korean fried chicken. Standouts include a pork belly taco with samgyeopsal, k-pepper mayo, and fresh serrano, plus a double-crispy shrimp taco with eel sauce and spicy mayo crab. Doors open at 11 AM daily, running to 9 PM Sunday through Thursday and 10 PM on Friday and Saturday.
A grain bowl at Dobo in Glendale topped with a fried egg, sliced scallions and a drizzle of spicy mayo.
GLENDALE

Dobo Fires Up The Fold

Dobo has opened at 1259 S Glendale Ave with a tight pan-Asian menu built around a pizza oven. The signature is the Dobo Fold, a sandwich and flatbread hybrid whose outer shell bakes to order in high heat, then gets loaded with a protein and finished with anything from cilantro-lime aioli to house-fermented kimchi. Grain bowls anchor the rest of the board, built on heritage Duroc pork belly and Tamaki Gold Koshihikari rice. The counter-service room runs Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 8 PM and Sundays from noon to 6 PM.
The candlelit dining room at Lielle in Pico-Robertson, with curved leather banquettes and warm sconce lighting.
PICO-ROBERTSON

Lielle Reopens With A Michelin Star

Chef Marcus Jernmark closed his 42-seat Pico-Robertson dining room for its annual summer break on June 28, and the team is targeting a mid-August return. The room picked up a MICHELIN Star in late June, which lands it among the most talked-about Westside tables heading into fall. Reservations for August, September and October are already live through the restaurant’s booking platform, which runs on a rolling two-month release. Jernmark’s team is also posting guest winemaker pairings and seasonal menu changes as they land.
MORE EATS

🍔 HABIT BURGER The Double Char takes top honors in a national fast food burger poll — KTLA

🧒 FAMILY EATS The best kid-friendly restaurants in Los Angeles with outdoor dining — Mommy Poppins

😋 LONG BEACH Pura Vida Miami plans a Long Beach expansion — What Now Los Angeles

☕ WESTWOOD Tak Bakery is expanding to Westwood — Toddrickallen

COMMUNITY02 / 06
The Lexus US Open of Surfing event logo, presented by Cerveza Pacífico Clara.
HUNTINGTON BEACH

The US Open Hits Its Main Event

The Lexus US Open of Surfing runs through August 3 on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier, and the headline act starts tomorrow. The Challenger Series brings 80 men and 50 women from around the world beginning at 7:35 AM Wednesday, with Huntington Beach’s own Kanoa Igarashi chasing a third win on his home break. Heats run to 3:35 PM daily and the festival village stays open 8 AM to 4 PM with roughly two dozen vendors, big screens, and a Beach Bar pouring for the 21-and-over crowd. Leave your own drinks at home, security is checking bags at the entry. Real Estate and Allah-Las play the music stage Friday night, Local Natives and Arcy Drive follow Saturday, and Brodie the Goldendoodle holds court at the sandcastle Saturday morning. Park early, the close lots go fast.
UCLA

Lauren Betts Takes The Honda Cup

UCLA's Lauren Betts was named Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year on Monday night in New York, taking home the Honda Cup as the top female athlete across all NCAA sports. The senior center closed her career by leading the Bruins to their first NCAA championship, posting three straight double-doubles to finish March Madness and earning Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. She averaged 17.1 points and 8.8 rebounds while becoming the first athlete in Big Ten history to win Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. Betts is the seventh Bruin to take the Cup, extending a UCLA record that dates back to Ann Meyers in 1978.
MORE COMMUNITY

🎒 SATURDAY Free backpacks and school supplies at the 5th Annual Backpack Giveaway and Health Fair in Inglewood, August 1 — CalÓ News

🎒 LAUSD Start and end dates are set for the 2026-2027 school year — LAUSD

🏄 SOCAL ISLANDS A high surf advisory runs Wednesday through Saturday — SGV Tribune

DEVELOPMENT03 / 06
Rendering of the six-story mixed-use building at 2800 West Jefferson Boulevard in Jefferson Park.
JEFFERSON PARK

Seventy Homes For West Jefferson

The City Planning Commission has approved a six-story mixed-use building at 2800 West Jefferson Boulevard, replacing an auto body shop with 70 apartments and ground-floor retail. Designed by Kevin Tsai Architecture for owners Steve and Hannah Lim, the project spans roughly 70,852 square feet and mixes studios through three-bedrooms, with nine homes set aside for very-low-income households for 55 years. Plans keep 45 vehicle spaces plus 68 bike spaces, and pair a second-level courtyard with a 3,310-square-foot rooftop deck. The site sits about a half mile from the Expo/Crenshaw station on the K Line.
Developer rendering of a retail and restaurant building at Washington Boulevard and Centinela Avenue in Culver City, with patio seating at dusk.
CULVER CITY

Culver Commons Takes Its Final Shape

Culver Commons is rising on two corners of Washington Boulevard and Centinela Avenue, bringing roughly 13,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space to a 1.6-acre site with parking for 145 vehicles. Signed tenants include Vox Kitchen, Smog City Brewing, Wanderlust Creamery, Rol Handroll Bar, and Churrería El Moro, whose Mexico City churros and hot chocolate make their Culver City debut here. Developer Regency Centers broke ground last winter on the roughly 24 million dollar project, with AO as architect of record. Doors are expected to open in early 2027.
MORE DEVELOPMENT

💎 BEVERLY HILLS The city upholds approval of a 55-home building on South Tower Drive — CurationsLA

BUSINESS04 / 06
ZENNO ASTRONAUTICS

Space Magnets Land In LA

New Zealand's Zenno Astronautics is moving its headquarters to Los Angeles County, joining a wave of international aerospace firms setting up in the South Bay. The startup builds superconducting magnets that steer spacecraft, a technology it says no other company has flown, and it has put two into orbit so far. Chief Executive Max Arshavsky told the Business Journal the team is weighing Santa Monica, Hawthorne and El Segundo, with people and facilities in place well before the end of the year. The new site will run manufacturing alongside a design and engineering team, and it puts Zenno closer to collaborators like Redondo Beach's Impulse Space, which hosted a demonstration of its Z01 Supertorquer in June.
NBCUNIVERSAL

Peacock Joins The YouTube Bundle

NBCUniversal and YouTube announced a global strategic partnership that expands Peacock's reach and puts NBCU content in front of YouTube's audience at scale. The deal arrives as Peacock reaches profitability, a milestone the streamer has chased since its 2020 launch, and it reflects how quickly the largest video platform has become a distribution partner rather than only a competitor. For the Universal City company the arrangement widens the funnel for its live sports, news, and entertainment catalog. Terms and a full rollout timeline were not disclosed.
MORE BUSINESS

🏡 CHRISTIE'S Christie's International Real Estate Southern California launches a global new development division — EIN Presswire

🏥 CORNER HEALTH A $32.5 million raise aims to help independent clinicians rebuild primary care — Yahoo Finance

ENTERTAINMENT05 / 06
THE ODYSSEY

Nolan’s Epic Crosses $652 Million

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has pulled in $652 million worldwide through two weekends, with $289 million of that coming from domestic theaters. The film held strong in its second frame, and AMC reported its most successful IMAX run ever on the back of it. Large-format screens have driven the run from the start, with LA's premium houses among the busiest in the country.
SPIDER-MAN

Brand New Day Draws Its Best Reviews

Spider-Man: Brand New Day premiered in Los Angeles to the strongest critical reaction the franchise has seen in years, with reviewers calling it the most grounded and mature take on the character yet. Tom Holland returns alongside Zendaya, Sadie Sink and Jon Bernthal, and the darker tone is drawing the bulk of the praise. Critics have pointed to a story that leans on consequence rather than spectacle. It marks a reset for a series that has run through several tonal shifts.
MORE ENTERTAINMENT

🎭 HADESTOWN The stage film passes Hamilton for the highest-grossing live capture — Playbill

🤠 TOY STORY 5 Pixar's sequel tops the billion-dollar mark and takes the year's No. 1 box office spot — Animation Magazine

SPORTS06 / 06
DODGERS

Mariners Open A Three-Game Set

The Dodgers open a three-game series against Seattle at Dodger Stadium tonight with first pitch at 7:10 PM, and they come in as clear favorites. Justin Wrobleski takes the mound at 11-2 with a 2.62 ERA, riding one of the strongest stretches of his season since the All-Star break. Seattle counters with veteran right-hander Luis Castillo, who sits at 3-9 with a 4.85 ERA and has been notably shakier on the road than at T-Mobile Park. Coverage is on SportsNet LA.
ANGELS

Ninth-Inning Rally Sinks The Angels

Walbert Ureña gave the Angels six innings of one-run ball and handed the bullpen a 4-1 lead, and Houston took it back in the ninth. The Astros scored four in the final frame, capped by a LaMonte Wade Jr. bases-loaded walk that forced home the go-ahead run in a 6-4 win at Angel Stadium. Vaughn Grissom had homered and driven in another for the Angels early, part of a 4-0 cushion built through three innings. The two clubs run it back tonight with Reid Detmers on the mound against Houston’s Peter Lambert.
MORE SPORTS

🏈 RAMS Matthew Stafford and Myles Garrett both land in the Madden NFL 27 99 Club — Rams

🏀 LAKERS The preseason schedule is set, opening October 5 — Lakers

✅ TRIVIA ANSWER
ANSWER: Habit Burger

The chain opened its first location in Santa Barbara in 1969.

Los Angeles Chargers players celebrate with an end zone dance during a home game.
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