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Hello West Hollywood! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How tribute bands are packing West Hollywood’s iconic Whisky a Go Go
  • Which beloved West Hollywood restaurants didn’t survive 2025?
  • Which Bravo engagement turned West Hollywood into a proposal backdrop?

Also on today's calendar: Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in Los Angeles! and 2 more events.

Find out what's happening in West Hollywoodfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in West Hollywoodfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Thursday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 65 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Friday: Cloudy with a shower in spots, temps: high: 66, low: 56.
  • Saturday: Cloudy and cool with a shower, with a high of 63 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Why tribute bands are having a moment (marketplace.org) — A recent Monday night at West Hollywood’s Whisky a Go Go drew a national crowd for a Doors tribute band celebrating Jim Morrison’s 82nd birthday, highlighting how tribute acts are filling venues. With rising concert prices and tighter entertainment budgets, these lower-cost shows are booming, giving local clubs like the Whisky steady crowds and musicians a lucrative side gig.
   

• Here are over 100 L.A. restaurant closures in 2025. Many just couldn't ‘make this work anymore' (latimes.com subscription) — West Hollywood diners saw several notable spots close in 2025, including chic French brasserie Amour, longtime Sunset Strip favorite Chin Chin, bistro staple Le Petit Four, Mexican steakhouse MXO, and Italian restaurant Stella. This wide-ranging L.A. roundup explains how fires, rising costs, strikes, immigration raids and weaker tourism pushed more than 100 restaurants and bars across the region to shut their doors.
   

• Olivia Culpo's Sister Aurora Culpo is Pregnant, Welcoming Baby No. 3, First With Fiancé Zac (eonline.com) — One of this year’s many celebrity engagements happened right in West Hollywood, where a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star’s fiancé proposed in front of family, friends and Bravo cameras. The piece mainly tracks Aurora Culpo’s pregnancy news and rounds up other high-profile engagements, but it gives West Hollywood a brief cameo as a backdrop for reality-TV romance.
   

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    Sunday January 4
  • Storyteller Arnold Wiess Presents: Because of You, John
    Robertson Branch Library
    2:00 pm
    • Monday January 5
  • Walk-In Tutoring With Sapna
    Robertson Branch Library
    6:00 pm
    • Tuesday January 6
  • Adult Literacy Walk-in Tutoring
    Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library
    4:00 pm
    • Saturday January 10
  • English Conversation Class
    Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library
    10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday January 2
  • Viajero del Tiempo/Time Traveler
    Glendale Central Library -
  • Free Income Tax Preparation and Filing
    North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Branch Library
    1:50 pm
  • Family Games
    Grandview Library -
    2:00 pm
    • Saturday January 3
  • Tennis for Tiny Tots - January
    Edward Vincent Jr. Park , 700 Warren Ln , Inglewood
    9:00 am
  • Let's Get Fit! – for beginners and Seniors (January) - Culver City, CA 2026
    Veterans Memorial Building , 4117 Overland Ave , Culver City
    9:30 am
  • Armenian Storytime
    Glendale Central Library -
    10:30 am
  • Ornament Exchange
    Montrose Library -
    12:00 pm
  • Scrabble Club
    Atwater Village Branch Library
    1:00 pm

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Manhattan Beach

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