The GRAMMY Museum is participating in A Very Laufey Day with a Sunday screening of Laufey's concert film A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl. The screening begins at 2 p.m. in the museum's 200-seat Clive Davis Theater, with doors opening at 1:30. The film runs about one hour and 38 minutes and captures Laufey performing at the Hollywood Bowl.

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• Film Screening: Laufey's A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl — Discover Los Angeles — 2026-08-23
  https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/event/2026/08/23/film-screening-laufeys-a-night-at-the-symphony-hollywood-bowl

One of Los Angeles' longest-running cultural celebrations wraps up Sunday in Little Tokyo. The 84th annual Nisei Week has been running since August 15, and the final day includes the Plaza Festival, Ondo public street dancing and a closing ceremony. The celebration centers Japanese American culture and community, combining traditional events with a neighborhood festival atmosphere.

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• The Best Things to Do in Los Angeles this Weekend: August 21 - August 23, 2026 — Discover Los Angeles — 2026-08-17
  https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do/the-best-things-to-do-in-la-this-weekend

Pop artist Slayyyter begins a two-night Los Angeles run Sunday at Shrine Expo Hall, with a second performance scheduled Monday. The shows arrive while her album Wor$t Girl in America is still central to her current tour, and the Shrine gives the production a large room near USC and Exposition Park. That location matters Sunday because BMO Stadium is also hosting Angel City FC, so the broader neighborhood can see overlapping event traffic, rideshare demand and restaurant crowds.

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• The Best Things to Do in Los Angeles this Weekend: August 21 - August 23, 2026 — Discover Los Angeles — 2026-08-17
  https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do/the-best-things-to-do-in-la-this-weekend

Norwegian metal band Dimmu Borgir is scheduled to take over The Novo Sunday night as the Grand Serpent Rising Tour reaches downtown Los Angeles. The bill also includes Hypocrisy and Hulder, making this a concentrated night of extreme metal rather than a mixed-genre package. The Novo sits at L.A. Live, so the show shares the downtown corridor with restaurants, the GRAMMY Museum and other Sunday activity around Crypto.com Arena.

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• The Best Things to Do in Los Angeles this Weekend: August 21 - August 23, 2026 — Discover Los Angeles — 2026-08-17
  https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do/the-best-things-to-do-in-la-this-weekend

Record collectors have one more day to dig through crates at VinylCon in downtown Los Angeles. The event continues Sunday at California Market Center with more than 100 dealers carrying vinyl across genres along with CDs, cassettes and music memorabilia. That scale turns the convention into more than a niche swap meet because buyers can compare rare pressings, reissues and used collections from a large number of sellers in one place.

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• The Best Things to Do in Los Angeles this Weekend: August 21 - August 23, 2026 — Discover Los Angeles — 2026-08-17
  https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do/the-best-things-to-do-in-la-this-weekend

Sunday night at the Hollywood Bowl carries unusual significance for Los Angeles music. Gustavo Dudamel is scheduled to conduct a Concert for Venezuela dedicated to earthquake-relief efforts, and Discover Los Angeles describes it as his final Hollywood Bowl concert as music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The Bowl has spent the weekend celebrating Dudamel with multiple programs, including Beethoven, Latin American artists and a collaboration with the Foo Fighters.

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• The Best Things to Do in Los Angeles this Weekend: August 21 - August 23, 2026 — Discover Los Angeles — 2026-08-17
  https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do/the-best-things-to-do-in-la-this-weekend

West Hollywood Park is hosting a large free family event Sunday built around books, early childhood education and bilingual literacy. The fourth annual Los Angeles Kids Book Festival runs from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is free to the public. Organizers say the program includes book readings, author and character meet-and-greets, live performances and a foam party.

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• Los Angeles Kids Book Festival — Discover Los Angeles — 2026-08-23
  https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/event/2026/08/23/los-angeles-kids-book-festival

A Long Beach search-and-rescue operation ended with a missing Jet Skier found alive after a long night in the water. Two riders became separated from their personal watercraft near the Queens Gate Entrance Channel, triggering a response from Long Beach firefighters and the U.S. Coast Guard. A woman was located near the breakwater and taken to a hospital in stable condition.

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• Long Beach Jet Skier rescue — SFGate — 2026-08-18
  https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/jet-skier-long-beach-22392281.php

A California bill that would have greatly expanded the use of ignition-interlock devices for drunk-driving convictions has been significantly weakened in the Legislature. The earlier proposal would have required an in-car breathalyzer for anyone convicted of a DUI, bringing California closer to the rules in many other states. The updated version removed the provision that would have applied the devices broadly to thousands of first-time offenders.

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• California lawmakers gut bill to require in-car breathalyzers — LAist — 2026-08-22
  https://laist.com/news/transportation/california-lawmakers-gut-bill-to-require-in-car-breathalyzers

A widely shared Los Angeles mayoral poll turned out not to be what it appeared. ABC7 reports that a polling firm whose name was attached to results showing Mayor Karen Bass with a large lead said the numbers were fake. That is a significant caution for voters because campaign polling spreads rapidly through social media, screenshots and political accounts, often losing its original sourcing along the way.

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• Polling firm says widely shared Los Angeles mayoral poll was fake — ABC7 Los Angeles — 2026-08-18
  https://abc7.com/post/median-strategies-polling-firm-says-widely-shared-poll-results-los-angeles-mayoral-race-were-fake/19695751/