Free Downtown Seafood Block Party Highlights Today's Events

Los Angeles, CA · August 2, 2026

Sunlight is baking the asphalt early today, making an afternoon spent near the coast or under the trees look pretty smart.

The Lead

The Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off the biggest move of the Major League Baseball trade deadline on Saturday night, acquiring two-time reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal from the Detroit Tigers. In exchange, Los Angeles sent three top prospects to Detroit, landing the premier left-handed pitcher on the market to fortify a rotation aiming for a World Series three-peat.

Skubal, who holds a 2.79 ERA this season after recovering from a minor elbow procedure earlier this summer, joins an already formidable pitching staff alongside Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, and Tyler Glasnow. His arrival gives the club a postseason anchor as they hold a commanding lead in the NL West. Skubal is expected to fly into Los Angeles early this week to undergo physicals and meet his new teammates.

Local Pulse

  • Mental Health Response Teams Expand to Valley Mayor Karen Bass announced over $2 million in federal grants to expand unarmed CIRCLE crisis response units deeper into local neighborhoods.

  • Coastal Ocean Swell Prompts Increased Lifeguard Patrols High summer surf conditions and dangerous rip currents along area beaches have lifeguards advising swimmers to stay near towered stations today.

Today's Outlook

  • High 90°F · Low 67°F — Clear
    • Hydrate well and slap on extra sunscreen if you are spending Sunday outdoors.

What's On Around Town

  • Downtown Seafood Block Party The Joint Seafood (1001 S Olive St), 12:00–6:00 PM Pop-up food vendors, craft drinks, and fresh seafood downtown.

  • BalletNOW: Superstars of Paris Walt Disney Concert Hall, 2:00 PM World-class dancers perform classical and contemporary highlights on stage.

  • Garden Concerts for Kids The Getty Center, 4:00 PM Free outdoor family music on the lawn with picnics welcome.

  • St. Vincent with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Hollywood Bowl, 7:00 PM Orchestral arrangements meet art-pop under the summer stars.

  • HARD Summer Music Festival Hollywood Park, 2:00 PM Electronic and live acts take over open-air stadium grounds.

Spotlight & Story

  • Santa Monica Pier's Hidden Plumbing
    • Engineered in 1909 as a 1,600-foot concrete dock, the original pier was built primarily to flush treated municipal sewage out past the ocean surf line. Once the environmental pipe was decommissioned, the utility structure was repurposed into today's landmark boardwalk.

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