LOS ANGELES – October 31, 2026 -- Filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld will host the Children's Institute (CII) 120th Anniversary Cape & Gown Gala on Sunday, November 8, in Beverly Hills, with John Mayer performing and Jamie Lee Curtis receiving a new award.

Jamie Lee Curtis receives the inaugural Reiner award

Curtis will accept the first Michele & Rob Reiner Champion for Change Award, presented by Jake Reiner. Seven-time Grammy winner John Mayer will perform, and comedian and author Chelsea Handler will also appear.

West Hollywood – October 30, 2026 -- Los Angeles patients who struggle with slipping dentures, or who have been told they lack the bone for implants, can be evaluated for fixed full-arch teeth planned around their own anatomy at Sunset Oral and Facial Surgery.

Pompano Beach – October 30, 2026 -- Dr. Phil McGraw's $67.5 million compound in the Beverly Hills area leads October's celebrity real estate news. Listings from Dolly Parton, Halle Berry and Jelly Roll round out the month, as do sales by Aaron Paul and Simone Biles.

Henderson – October 30, 2026 -- Buscar Company's gold-mining game Lucky Hand Mining has entered Beta testing as a Telegram Mini App. It has no in-app purchases yet, and its public launch is not expected before 2027.

LAS VEGAS – October 29, 2026 -- Starting Friday, Nov. 13, visitors to The Mob Museum can see the personal items Bugsy Siegel carried on the day he was shot, after nearly 80 years in police custody. The new exhibit, "What Bugsy Left Behind," pairs the never-before-seen collection with the competing theories about his unsolved murder.

Beverly Hills – – October 12, 2026 -- Century Psychology Group, a Beverly Hills practice led by psychologist Shannon Daneshrad, Psy.D., has moved to an office roughly five times larger to take on more ADHD and autism evaluations and therapy clients. Starting Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, it sees clients at 436 North Roxbury Drive, one block from its previous location.

West Hollywood – October 12, 2026 -- Patients in West Hollywood, Beverly Hills and greater Los Angeles can now get Morpheus8, FaceTite and AccuTite treatments for skin texture, scarring and mild laxity at Sunset Oral and Facial Surgery, the practice of oral and maxillofacial surgeon David Salehani, DDS, MD.

The additions sit alongside the practice's existing facial implants, genioplasty and injectable treatments. They give patients a minimally invasive way to improve skin quality and firmness without surgery.

Beverly Hills – October 12, 2026 -- Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, A Four Seasons Hotel has been named the #1 hotel in Los Angeles in Condé Nast Traveler's 2026 Readers' Choice Awards, ahead of more than 1,000 hotels in the Los Angeles area.

Nearly 800,000 survey responses shaped the ranking

Condé Nast Traveler collected more than 798,867 survey responses from U.S. readers, who rated their travel experiences around the globe. The Readers' Choice Awards are described as the travel industry's longest-running reader-voted honors.

Los Angeles – October 05, 2026 -- THIS IS CRAZY!, a benefit play exploring mental illness and family survival, arrives at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills for a single performance on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, with tickets on sale now.

The show previously debuted in New York, drawing talent including Jane Fonda, Edie Falco, and Mark Ruffalo, and raised nearly $500,000 for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). One hundred percent of proceeds from the Los Angeles performance and afterparty will again go to NAMI.

Beverly Hills, Calif. – September 18, 2026 -- Beverage entrepreneur Lance Collins has launched ZenWTR, a vapor-distilled alkaline water brand with a pH of 9.5, now sold at Whole Foods Market, Walmart, Amazon, QuikTrip, Kwik Trip, Bristol Farms and Erewhon, with H-E-B locations adding it starting October 5.

Collins, who previously founded FUZE, NOS, BODYARMOR and CORE Hydration, built ZenWTR through vapor distillation followed by ionization via electrolysis to hit the 9.5 pH mark. A proprietary blend of calcium, potassium and magnesium is added afterward for taste.