Free Classical Music Outdoors Highlights Tuesday Evening
Los Angeles, CA · August 11, 2026
Thick morning clouds are keeping the sunrise subdued today, but there is plenty moving across the neighborhood once the overcast lifts.
The Lead
Pasadena and Malibu have agreed to settle a lawsuit over local bans on residential lot splits, opting to allow multi-family development on single-family parcels in wildfire recovery zones under California’s Senate Bill 9. The agreement resolves legal challenges brought by housing advocates after both cities temporarily halted split-lot applications following major fires. While Pasadena's council has already cleared pending duplex applications, Malibu has until late September to officially repeal its restrictions. Meanwhile, the City of Los Angeles continues to fight the suit in court to maintain its own pause on lot splits in designated high-risk burn neighborhoods. Local homeowner groups express concern over evacuation traffic along narrow canyon corridors, but pro-housing groups maintain that extra building rights give property owners financial flexibility to rebuild after disasters. The state court will hear LA's arguments later this fall.
Local Pulse
High Court Restricts Municipal Tax Refund Procedures California's Supreme Court ruled that cities cannot force businesses to complete internal administrative hurdles before filing tax refund lawsuits.
City Council Splitting Housing and Homelessness Committee Council leadership plans to separate the joint policy committee into two distinct bodies before the upcoming fall legislative session.
USC Lusk Center Releases Annual Housing Report Researchers publish their 2026 countywide study this afternoon analyzing current homeownership trends, rental supply, and shelter capacities.
Today's Outlook
- High 89°F · Low 69°F — Overcast
- Expect muggy air under heavy morning cloud cover, so dress light for outdoor plans.
What's On Around Town
The Mountain Goats In-Store Amoeba Hollywood (6200 Hollywood Blvd), 5:00 PM Free intimate acoustic performance and album signing at the iconic record store.
Pasadena: Tropical Tuesday Salsa Night The Mixx (443 E Colorado Blvd), 7:00 PM Short drive for free beginner dance lessons and late-night social dancing.
Mozart Under the Stars Hollywood Bowl, 8:00 PM Hear Angela Hewitt join the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra outdoors tonight.
Benson Boone Crypto.com Arena (1111 S Figueroa St), 8:00 PM Energetic pop anthems and backflips live in the heart of downtown.
Spotlight & Story
- Cinespia at Hollywood Forever
- In 2002, founder John Wyatt projected a 16mm print of Strangers on a Train onto Rudolph Valentino’s marble mausoleum wall for 100 friends. Today, thousands bring picnic hampers and blankets to the Fairbanks Lawn every weekend.
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