# 🤙 🐅 For my Clemson Tigers Vibes *Prime Pizza heads to Torrance, LA Escena returns to UCLA, and the Lucas Museum prepares to open in Exposition Park.* **Section:** Newsletters **Tags:** Newsletters **Reading time:** 1 min VIBES Prime Pizza heads to Torrance, LA Escena returns to UCLA, and the Lucas Museum prepares to open in Exposition Park. ## NATIONAL - [Google now lets you chat with Gmail, Docs, and Keep](https://www.theverge.com/tech/989508/google-gmail-docs-keep-live-voice-modes-gemini) - [Scientists have found the most convincing evidence yet of a dark matter particle](https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-find-most-convincing-evidence-yet-dark-matter-particle/) - [Nvidia confirms $13 billion acquisition of open-weight AI platform Hugging Face](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/nvidia-confirms-13-billion-acquisition-of-open-weight-ai-platform-hugging-face-141058641.html) - [NASA launches the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to survey dark matter and dark energy](https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-dark-universe-seeking-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-launches/) - [Xbox Cloud Gaming adds monthly play limits to Game Pass tiers in November](https://www.theverge.com/news/989166/microsoft-xbox-cloud-gaming-hourly-limits-changes) ## LOCAL - [Los Angeles, Caltrans designs exclusive Games Route Network for LA28 athletes and officials](https://www.curationsla.com/vibes/2026-09-02-los-angeles-caltrans-designs-exclusive-games-route-network) - ['Super El Niño' strengthens, triggering preparations for possible flooding in LA County](https://abc7.com/post/potentially-historic-el-nino-triggers-preparations-possible-flooding-la-county/19777136/) - [Ben Affleck spotted spray painting his name on Aflac billboard in LA alleyway](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ben-affleck-spotted-spray-painting-his-name-on-aflac-billboard-in-los-angeles/) - [Rams owner Stan Kroenke agrees to buy controlling interest in the Angels](https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/stan-kroenke-purchases-angels-from-arte-moreno) - [These college majors lead to the highest-paying jobs for California students](https://edsource.org/2026/california-bachelors-degree-earnings/765187) ## FUN - [CicLAvia Heart of LA Opens 6.5 Miles of Car-Free Streets From Echo Park to Boyle Heights on Sunday, October 11](https://www.curationsla.com/vibes/2026-09-02-ciclavia-heart-of-la-returns-october-11-car-free-echo-park-to-boyle-heights) - [Unique vending machine sells physical copies of Nipsey Hussle's posthumous album](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/nipsey-hussle-posthumous-album-vending-machine/3937018/) - [L.A. Weekend Guide: Kaskade Live, American Craft Sake Fest, a Long Beach Pool Party](https://lamag.com/arts-and-entertainment/la-weekend-guide-kaskade-american-craft-sake-fest-maya-hotel-long-beach-pool-party/) - [A big list of things to do this September in LA](https://www.welikela.com/a-big-list-of-things-to-do-this-september-in-l-a-2026/) - [Things To Do This Labor Day Weekend in Los Angeles](https://www.welikela.com/things-to-do-this-labor-day-weekend-in-los-angeles-9-4-2026-to-9-6-2026/) FROM LAST ISSUE: [🤙 RABBIT, RABBIT, RABBIT FALL VIBES](https://www.curationsla.com/vibes/2026-09-01-tuesday-september-1-vibes) ## HEY CUTIE Happy Thursday, CurationsLA Fam! I stepped outside early this morning and the weather did the thing. That first real hint of fall in Los Angeles is my favorite feeling in this city, and it landed the same week college football gets going for real. Good Vibes are on max mode. A personal one before we get to the good stuff. My Clemson Tigers play the LSU Tigers on Saturday, 4:30pm on ABC. If you have no stake in it, please send Good Vibes to the true Tigers 🐅 And since you are stuck with me as your editor, here is a piece of my pre-CurationsLA life: a 2020 interview with Kathleen Swinney, wife of Coach Dabo Swinney: [The Story of Kathleen Swinney](https://sharegvl.substack.com/p/the-story-of-kathleen-swinney). This weekend is the start of the season in Los Angeles, with community events, concerts, and eats all opening up at once, and we built today's VIBES to be your map for it. Get out this weekend. Truly. Do not isolate (sorry, I am a Dad). This is what we pay for, living here. Catch you Tuesday. Wyatt ## EATS ### SANTA MONICA: Met Her at a Bar Opens Its Sixth Restaurant on Santa Monica's Main Street **Met Her at a Bar is now open at 2651 Main Street in Santa Monica.** The all-day flagship serves from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. It is Mindy and Vinny Kinne's first Santa Monica restaurant and the sixth restaurant they have opened since 2017. **Main Street puts the couple's five concepts under one roof.** Mornings bring La Colombe coffee, Belgian waffles and Thai chicken and waffles, while the kitchen shifts later to pasta, Neapolitan pizza and select Pan-Asian dishes. A hidden garden patio out back seats roughly 50 to 60 around a fireplace and water feature. [Website](https://www.metheratabar.com/) · [Menu](https://www.metheratabar.com/menu-1-1) · [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/metheratabar/) ### TORRANCE: Prime Pizza Opens Its Torrance Shop September 14 on Sepulveda **Torrance gets its first Prime Pizza on Monday, September 14.** The new shop at 3720 Sepulveda Blvd is the brand's twelfth location and its second in the South Bay, bringing 18-inch New York-style rounds, Brooklyn squares, gluten-free and vegan pies, and the daily $10 lunch special before 4 p.m. **The butter chicken pan pie pictured here is Prime's 2026 Badmaash collaboration,** built with mozzarella, bell peppers and pickled onions. It is a limited run and is not confirmed for opening day. Hours and a phone number are still pending. [Website](https://primepizza.com) · [Menu](https://primepizza.com/menu) · [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/primepizzala/) ### SILVER LAKE: Breakfast by Salt's Cure Opens on Fountain Avenue in Silver Lake **Breakfast by Salt's Cure is now open at 4348 Fountain Avenue in Silver Lake.** The shop serves daily from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., with walk-ins only. It joins the still-open Hollywood and Santa Monica shops as the brand's third Los Angeles location. **The menu centers on oatmeal griddle cakes with soft middles and crisp, lacy edges.** The OG comes as a stack of three with cinnamon molasses butter, while blueberry, banana nut and chocolate versions round out the griddle-cake lineup. Silver Lake keeps the rest tight with an egg sandwich, avocado toast, a little omelette, home fries and pork, chicken or garbanzo sausage. [Website](https://www.breakfastbysaltscure.com/) · [Menu](https://www.breakfastbysaltscure.com/order-online) · [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/breakfastbysaltscure/) ## MORE EATS - **CENTURY CITY** Dave's Hot Chicken Declares a September 15 Start at Westfield Century City ([CurationsLA](https://www.curationsla.com/vibes/2026-09-03-daves-hot-chicken-declares-september-15-start-century-city)) - **LINCOLN HEIGHTS** Stumptown Opens New Los Angeles Flagship in Historic Lincoln Heights Theatre ([Eater LA](https://la.eater.com/restaurant-news/306364/stumptown-coffee-roasters-opening-cafe-lincoln-heights)) ## COMMUNITY ### CAR FREE, BABY!: CicLAvia Heart of LA Opens 6.5 Miles of Car-Free Streets October 11 **CicLAvia’s Heart of LA route returns Sunday, October 11, from 9 AM to 4 PM.** The free open-streets day gives 6.5 miles back to walkers, cyclists, skaters, strollers and wheelchairs, linking Echo Park, Downtown, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, the Arts District and Boyle Heights. **The route follows the original 2010 corridor, with hubs in Echo Park, Chinatown, Little Tokyo and Mariachi Plaza.** There is no start line or finish line, and Metro stations line the corridor. People-powered wheels only, with Class 1 e-bikes welcome. [VIEW STORY](https://www.curationsla.com/vibes/2026-09-02-ciclavia-heart-of-la-returns-october-11-car-free-echo-park-to-boyle-heights) ### VENICE: Abbot Kinney Festival Returns to Venice for Its 40th Edition September 27 **The Abbot Kinney Festival returns to Venice on Sunday, September 27, from 10 AM to 6 PM.** The free, all-day event takes over Abbot Kinney Boulevard after a two-year hiatus, with live music, food, independent vendors and family programming. **The 40th edition is also a fundraiser for Venice youth, arts and community programs.** Organizers are planning the Spirit of Venice stage, DJ sets in the ANNEX, a KidsQuad zone, beer gardens and free bike-valet stations at both ends of the route. [VIEW STORY](https://www.curationsla.com/vibes/2026-09-02-abbot-kinney-festival-returns-to-venice-40th-edition) ## MORE COMMUNITY - **WESTWOOD** UCLA Hosts L.A.’s Trailblazing Hispanic Classical Theater Fest This Fall ([Secret Los Angeles](https://secretlosangeles.com/la-escena-festival-2026/)) - **FALL CONCERTS** Eleven must-see concerts to heat up your fall ([LA MAG](https://lamag.com/music/11-must-see-concerts-to-heat-up-your-fall/)) ## DEVELOPMENT ### EXPOSITION PARK: A look inside Lucas Museum of Narrative Art **Exposition Park's new landmark is ready for its close-up.** The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens September 22 with 100,000 square feet of exhibition space across more than 30 galleries, spanning works from prehistoric cave paintings to modern cinema. **Its opening exhibition will put about 1,300 works on view** from a collection of more than 40,000. The five-story MAD Architects building also includes two theaters, a research library, classrooms, a shop, a cafe, Skywalker Grill and new public gardens designed by Studio-MLA. [VIEW STORY](https://la.urbanize.city/post/heres-look-inside-lucas-museum-narrative-art) ## MORE DEVELOPMENT - **INGLEWOOD** Inglewood is about to start building a $287.5M stadium shuttle network. Here’s what to expect ([The LA Local](https://thelalocal.org/transportation/inglewood-tranist-connector-metro-stadium-market-street-corridor/)) ## BUSINESS ### PASADENA: Pasadena's Azira Introduces AI Tool for Destination Marketers **Pasadena-based location intelligence company Azira says its new Azira One platform lets destination marketers explore and visualize location data by asking questions in ordinary language.** The product is in beta with destination marketing organizations and travel marketers, according to the company's announcement. **The company says it plans to expand Azira One to retail and quick-service restaurants later in 2026.** It also plans to add campaign-building and measurement tools by the end of the fourth quarter. Pasadena Now reported that an independent launch date was not available. [VIEW STORY](https://pasadenanow.com/main/ai-tool-for-destination-marketers-launched-by-pasadena-location-intelligence-company) ## MORE BUSINESS - **LA COUNTY** Protections advance to prevent small businesses from displacement in unincorporated LA County ([Random Lengths News](https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2026/09/02/prevent-small-business-displacement/77256)) ## ENTERTAINMENT ### CurationsLA: Film Unions Back a Federal Tax Credit Aimed at Bringing Production Back to LA **Hollywood labor wants Washington to help put Los Angeles crews back to work.** SAG-AFTRA and the Teamsters are backing a proposed federal film and television tax credit that would stack on top of existing state incentives, roughly doubling the benefit and strengthening the U.S. response to Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. **No bill has passed.** Supporters say the credit could return productions and thousands of jobs to the country while creating new opportunities for the businesses around them. The White House has urged Congress to pursue bipartisan legislation. [VIEW STORY](https://www.curationsla.com/vibes/2026-09-03-federal-film-tax-credit-push-production-jobs) ## MORE ENTERTAINMENT - **INFLUENCERS** How the influencer industry is taking center stage in Burbank ([Yahoo!](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/influencers-taking-center-stage-burbank-100000435.html)) - **MISSION HILLS** Black Thumb Farm is relocating to Mission Hills ([The Sun SFV](https://sanfernandosun.com/2026/09/02/black-thumb-farm-is-relocating-to-2-3-acre-site-in-mission-hills/)) - **GENERAL HOSPITAL** Star Genie Francis to receive Lifetime Achievement Honor at 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards ([CurationsLA](https://www.curationsla.com/vibes/2026-09-03-general-hospital-star-genie-francis-to-receive-lifetime)) - **NETFLIX** Dungeons & Dragons Live-Action Series ‘Ravenloft’ In Works At Netflix From John August, Alfonso Cuarón & Hasbro, Succeeds ‘The Forgotten Realms’ ([Deadline](https://deadline.com/2026/09/dungeons-dragons-series-ravenloft-netflix-forgotten-realms-1237063967/)) ## SPORTS ### UCLA Bruins: UCLA Opens the Bob Chesney Era at Cal Saturday Night **UCLA's reset starts in Berkeley.** The Bruins open the 2026 season against longtime rival Cal on Saturday, September 5, at 7:30 p.m. PT on ESPN, marking Bob Chesney's debut as UCLA head coach. It is the programs' 95th meeting and their first since 2023. **The roster looks almost as new as the sideline.** UCLA leads the Big Ten with 45 incoming transfers, while senior quarterback Nico Iamaleava returns after leading the Bruins in rushing last season. Chesney arrives with a 132-52 career record and six straight season-opening wins. [VIEW STORY](https://uclabruins.com/news/2026/09/2/football-opens-2026-season-at-california-saturday-night) ## MORE SPORTS - **OHTANI** Shohei Ohtani feels good , but the Dodgers still wont commit to his next start ([FOX SPORTS](https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/dodgers-dave-roberts-shohei-ohtani-pitching-rehab)) ## 4-DAY FORECAST · LA THU 81/62 Sunny · FRI 81/65 Fog, then mostly sunny · SAT 84/67 Sunny; showers late · SUN 83/66 Chance of storms Downtown Los Angeles stays warm through the weekend, with highs from 81 to 84. Thursday is sunny, Friday starts with patchy fog, and the National Weather Service gives Saturday night and Sunday a 50% chance of showers, with thunderstorms possible Sunday. ## QUOTE OF THE DAY > If you’re going to be wildly successful, you have to be wildly unusual. Shane Parrish ## ON THIS DAY 1995: Pierre Omidyar launches AuctionWeb, the online marketplace that would become eBay. ## TRIVIA Which long-running Labor Day weekend tradition returned to Malibu this year for its 43rd edition? It supports the Boys & Girls Club of Malibu. ## TRIVIA ANSWER The Malibu Chili Cook-Off The community tradition returns over Labor Day weekend with chili, live music, carnival rides and proceeds benefiting the Boys & Girls Club of Malibu. 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