🎉 Garage Sales, the Lakers, and my Birthday

Welcome to your weekly San Fernando Valley update: June 19–25, 2025.

In this week’s NoHo Nick:

• 🏀 LA Lakers

• 👜 Yard Sales

• 🏋️ New Gym

• 🤠 New Bar

Today is NoHo Nick’s 1st birthday!

This time last year, I started this weekly newsletter to help people feel closer to our community.

Now, 1,000+ people read NoHo Nick every week for events, restaurants, and news in the San Fernando Valley.

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Thanks for being Nick’s Neighbors and making the Valley a kick-ass place to live.

Now, onto my birthday wishes…

1. Tell one of your friends about this newsletter.

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🎉 Event: Bring your dog to the gym’s festive July 4 morning walk around Toluca Lake, hosted by NOHO Gym. Meet at the gym and wear red, white, and wag. Thursday, July 4 at 10 AM.

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Here’s what’s happening this week:

🏀 LA Lakers to Sell to Dodgers Owner. The Buss family will sell the Lakers to Mark Walter for a $10B valuation. (ESPN)

💰 LA County, Service Employees Find a Deal. The county and SoCal’s largest public sector union (SEIU 721) have agreed to a contract with $5K signing bonuses, $2k annual bonuses, and 5% COLA increases over three years. This could end a standoff that led to April’s two-day strike. (LA County)

🪧 Downtown Curfew is Lifted. There are no longer nightly curfews in downtown. Protests have eased, but Little Tokyo and the Historic Core remain scarred with boarded windows, vandalism, and lost business. Local owners say customers are slow to return. (LA City Mayor)

These are my favorite events happening this week:

🧴 Kiehl’s SkinFEST (Sherman Oaks): Celebrate your skincare routine with free facials, products, samples, and games at Kiehl’s Sherman Oaks. Thursday, June 19, from 12 PM to 6 PM. 14006 Riverside Dr.

🤠 Brews & Boots Line Dancing (San Fernando): San Fernando Brewing Co. brings honky-tonk energy to its patio with line dancing, DJ jams, and cold beer. Western wear is encouraged, but all are welcome. Free. Thursday, June 19, from 7 PM to 10 PM.

📚 LA Zoo Storytime (Northridge): The LA Zoo’s library outreach program brings animal tales and crafts to the Northridge Branch Library for a fun family morning. Free. Friday, June 20 at 10:30 AM at 9051 Darby Ave.

🪄 OzCon International (Burbank): The world’s longest-running Wizard of Oz convention with panels, exhibits, live performances, auctions, and cosplay, plus the 40th anniversary screening of Return to Oz. June 20 to 22 at Hotel Burbank.

🛍️ 17-Home Yard Sale (Sherman Oaks): Stroll seven blocks of multi-family yard sales with 17 homes offering furniture, toys, books, tools, vintage finds, and more. Saturday, June 21, starting at 8 AM. 5722 Bevis Ave.

🥾 Nature Hike at Sepulveda Basin (Van Nuys): Walk the wetlands with Urban Ecologist Ryan Kinzel in this free two-hour guided hike through the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve. Free. Saturday, June 21 at 8 AM. 6350 Woodley Ave.

❤️‍🩹 Free CPR Training (Reseda): Learn CPR, AED, and opioid response techniques in this free community class hosted by LAPD. Free. Saturday, June 21, from 9 AM to 1:30 PM. 19020 Vanowen St.

🐢 TurtleCon: Comics & Cocktails (Burbank): Celebrate all things Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at TurtleCon with guest creators, collectibles, rare merch, and over 85 vendors. $10. Saturday, June 21 at 1 PM. AKS Stages, 1101 W Isabel St.

💃 Cumbia & Salsa at Plaza del Valle (Panorama City): Dance the afternoon away with free salsa and cumbia classes, followed by social dancing. Sunday, June 22 from 2–8 PM. 8610 Van Nuys Blvd.

🎭 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Topanga): Shakespeare under the stars. Theatricum’s magical outdoor signature production runs all summer. Pay What You Want on June 29th. $32-48. Sunday, June 22 through September. Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.

🎤 DJ Quik at Warner Park (Woodland Hills): West Coast rap legend DJ Quik headlines this outdoor concert in the park with support from emerging artist Trevan. Free. Sunday, June 22, from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM at Warner Park.

🎛️ Produce a Song with Logic Pro (Burbank): Learn how to produce music using Logic Pro X with Grammy-winning engineer Be Hussey at this hands-on Spark! Lab workshop. Free. Wednesday, June 25 at 6:30 PM at Burbank Central Library.

🎉 Valley BlockFest (Chatsworth): The West Valley’s biggest street fest is back with 200+ vendors, live wrestling, a carnival, and more. Free. Saturday, June 28, from 2 PM to 8 PM. 20914 Nordhoff St.

🍺 Beer and Cheese Pairing (North Hollywood): Hop Merchants is kicking off LA Beer Week with a 4-beer flight and cheese tasting. $30. Thursday, June 19 at 5 PM.

🤠 Magnolia Corner (Soft Open—Burbank): Magnolia Corner, a Western-themed burger and cocktail bar, is about to open. Celebrate with $2.50 draft beers all night at their soft launch party. Friday, June 20 at 4 PM.

🌮 Tacos 1986 (Now Open—Northridge): Old-school SoCal taco vibes. Tacos 1986 opened a new spot in Northridge. Stop by for al pastor, carne asada, and mushroom vegan options. 9039 Lindley Ave.

🎸 Amp Coffee (North Hollywood): This coffee shop is hidden inside a music rehearsal studio.

Amp serves delicious coffee, teas, mochas, espressos, and hot chocolates.

While you’re there, you can practice for an upcoming show, DJ gig, or dance rehearsal.

Plus, there’s plenty of space to work on your laptop.

🎥 E.T. Movie Screening (Culver City): Movies at The Steps brings classic movies to The Steps in Culver City. Bring a chair or blanket. Free. Friday, June 20 at 8:30 PM.

🌄 Runyon Hike for Creatives (Hollywood): Runyon Sunset Club hosts its next community hike this weekend at Fuller Gate. Community creatives can unwind and prep for a new week. Sunday, June 22, at 6 PM.

🎉 Here’s a big list of Juneteenth events happening around LA.

🎟️ Win two tickets to the Laemmle NoHo 7 movie theater in this weekly summer raffle.

🐕️ The Washington Nationals have a new baseball bat-retrieving Golden Retriever. (AP)

❓️ How many libraries are in Los Angeles?

Last week’s question: How many car accidents happen daily in LA?

Answer: There are approximately 110 daily car crashes in LA.

Thanks for reading, and see you next week!

PS You can donate to a “street vendor fund” to support street vendors who have lost business due to the immigration raids.

PPS In case you missed it, here’s a list of the best Farmers’ Markets in SFV.

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