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Best things to do this weekend in Los Angeles and Southern California: September 12-14

Join the East L.A. Mexican Independence Day Festival, party at Nocturnal Wonderland, check out a historic building tour with the L.A. Conservancy, bring the family to Dino Fest and more.

A giant sculpture of an owl with it's wings outstretched. Its eyes and a heart cutout in its middle are on fire.

Tim Meadows, Kim Kardashian and Ben Kingsley round out the casts of new fall TV shows set in LA

Step into the fictional Los Angeles of the 2025 fall TV season, where Tim Meadows works at the DMV and Glenn Close and Kim Kardashian are high-powered divorce lawyers.

A group of people stand in what appears to be an office break room or back area, all wearing work badges with their photos on them.

Musicians keep leaving Spotify in protest of CEO's defense investments

In the last few months, bands including Hotline TNT and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have pulled music from Spotify in a new wave of artist-led protests against the platform.

A collage of two photos: on the left is the band Xiu Xiu, made of two people standing in a dark room, and on the right another band Hotline TNT, made of four people sitting on a white tarp.

LA artist Robert Vargas on his new mural and his bid to break a world record

The city of L.A. declared Sept. 8 as Robert Vargas Day in 2021. Now, the renowned artist shares how his iconic murals come to life.

A group of people standing spread across a mural, some taking photos of the mural. The mural is splayed out across a three story tall building, featuring five women. To the left of the mural are two women, one in dark-skinned tones and another in medium-dark skinned tones, in center a woman with medium dark-skinned tones with flowers painted over her chest, and to the right two women, one dark-skinned tones and another medium-dark skinned tones, standing side by side.

Best things to do this week in Los Angeles and Southern California: September 8-11

Pagliacci at POP, Casablanca screens at the Roosevelt, A/VOID at Chromosonic Field, John Cleese in Anaheim and more.

Man wearing a strapped guitar, dark jeans and a dark button up shirt has his left arm stretched out above him as he sings into a microphone on stage with a drummer, pianist and screen behind him.

Jim Jarmusch's 'Father Mother Sister Brother' wins top prize at Venice Film Festival

Jim Jarmusch's quietly humorous relationship triptych won the top prize on Saturday. The film about the relationships between siblings, and with their parents, stars Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps and Cate Blanchett.

A white man with a shock of gray hair wears sunglasses and a dark maroon jacket.

West Point alumni group scraps prestigious award celebrations honoring Tom Hanks

The 69-year-old actor and veterans' advocate had been scheduled to receive the prestigious Sylvanus Thayer award at an official ceremony and parade on Sept. 25.

Tom Hanks in a black suit and tie poses in front of a backdrop on a red carpet.

Best things to do this weekend in LA and SoCal: September 5-7

Parable of Portals at Sierra Madre Playhouse, L.A. Kids Book Festival, a Guatemalan soccer showdown, Red Bull Origin hits Dogtown, This is Spinal Tap at Cinespia and more of the best things to do this weekend.

Residents tasked with naming Long Beach’s newest baseball team

The city will soon welcome a new minor league team to Blair Field

One mane to the left wears a green t-shirt that in gold letters with white trim says "McGuire #25." To his right, another man wears a navy blue shirt that says "Canseco #33" in white letters with gold trim. The two face away from the camera looking at a baseball field in front of them. At the center of the field a baseball player is about to make a pitch.

Darth Vader's red lightsaber is heading to auction for the first time

The prop was used during the filming of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

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