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  "$schema": "https://pointcast.xyz/BLOCKS.md",
  "type": "PointCast official-source entertainment guide",
  "id": "pointcast-tonight-2026-08-03",
  "title": "PointCast Tonight",
  "dek": "GO OUT / STAY IN — one small week of official-source culture and local television around El Segundo.",
  "edition": "001",
  "block": "0560",
  "publishedDate": "2026-08-03",
  "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
  "center": "El Segundo, California",
  "radius": {
    "label": "roughly 25 miles",
    "boundary": "An editorial orientation ring, not a measured route, drive time, service area, access promise, or geofence."
  },
  "bestBet": {
    "eventId": "lacma-jazz-theo-saunders",
    "why": "Friday at six: a free public plaza, a septet, and enough daylight left to decide the rest of the night."
  },
  "goOut": [
    {
      "id": "lacma-modern-art-tour",
      "date": "2026-08-04",
      "day": "TUE",
      "time": "2:30 PM",
      "endTime": "3:00 PM",
      "title": "In Focus Tour: Modern Art",
      "venue": "LACMA · BCAM Level 3",
      "city": "Los Angeles",
      "distanceBand": "10–20 mi",
      "cost": "Museum admission applies",
      "signal": "A thirty-minute docent tour: small enough to be an impulsive Tuesday.",
      "sourceId": "lacma-weekly",
      "url": "https://www.lacma.org/event/gallery-tour-modern-art-166",
      "status": "scheduled"
    },
    {
      "id": "torrance-tryst-nomad",
      "date": "2026-08-07",
      "day": "FRI–SUN",
      "time": "12:00 PM FRI",
      "endTime": "6:00 PM SUN",
      "title": "TRYST Art Fair + NOMAD",
      "venue": "Del Amo Crossing · 21535 Hawthorne Blvd",
      "city": "Torrance",
      "distanceBand": "10–20 mi",
      "cost": "FREE",
      "signal": "Independent artist-run spaces and a nomadic art fair take over a former medical complex for three days.",
      "sourceId": "torrance-summer-nights",
      "url": "https://www.torranceca.gov/Our-Community/Events/TRYST-International-Art-Fair-NOMAD",
      "status": "scheduled"
    },
    {
      "id": "lacma-deep-cuts",
      "date": "2026-08-07",
      "day": "FRI",
      "time": "3:00 PM",
      "endTime": "4:00 PM",
      "title": "Gallery Tour: Deep Cuts",
      "venue": "LACMA",
      "city": "Los Angeles",
      "distanceBand": "10–20 mi",
      "cost": "Museum admission applies",
      "signal": "A sixty-minute tour through block printing across cultures before the plaza turns to jazz.",
      "sourceId": "lacma-weekly",
      "url": "https://www.lacma.org/event/gallery-tour-deep-cuts-66",
      "status": "scheduled"
    },
    {
      "id": "lacma-jazz-theo-saunders",
      "date": "2026-08-07",
      "day": "FRI",
      "time": "6:00 PM",
      "endTime": null,
      "title": "Jazz at LACMA: Theo Saunders Septet",
      "venue": "LACMA · Smidt Welcome Plaza",
      "city": "Los Angeles",
      "distanceBand": "10–20 mi",
      "cost": "FREE",
      "signal": "The week’s cleanest handoff from museum afternoon to open-air Friday night.",
      "sourceId": "lacma-weekly",
      "url": "https://www.lacma.org/event/theo-saunders-septet",
      "status": "scheduled"
    },
    {
      "id": "torrance-frozen-opening",
      "date": "2026-08-08",
      "day": "SAT",
      "time": "7:00 PM",
      "endTime": "9:15 PM",
      "title": "Disney’s Frozen — Opening Night",
      "venue": "James Armstrong Theatre · 3330 Civic Center Dr",
      "city": "Torrance",
      "distanceBand": "10–20 mi",
      "cost": "Tickets from $35",
      "signal": "A full theatrical opening night in the middle of Torrance Summer Nights.",
      "sourceId": "torrance-summer-nights",
      "url": "https://www.torranceca.gov/Our-Community/Events/Disneys-Frozen-Opening-Night",
      "status": "scheduled"
    },
    {
      "id": "manhattan-beach-cobra-cowboy",
      "date": "2026-08-09",
      "day": "SUN",
      "time": "5:00 PM",
      "endTime": "7:00 PM",
      "title": "Concerts in the Park: Cobra Cowboy",
      "venue": "Polliwog Park",
      "city": "Manhattan Beach",
      "distanceBand": "0–10 mi",
      "cost": "FREE",
      "signal": "A close-to-home Sunday lawn concert: blanket, picnic, live country, done by seven.",
      "sourceId": "manhattan-beach-calendar",
      "url": "https://www.manhattanbeach.gov/residents/city-calendar-month-view/-curdate-4-24-2025/-curm-8/-cury-2026",
      "status": "scheduled"
    }
  ],
  "stayIn": [
    {
      "id": "lacity-council-live",
      "date": "2026-08-04",
      "day": "TUE",
      "time": "10:00 AM",
      "title": "Los Angeles City Council — live",
      "station": "LA CityView 35",
      "channels": "Cable channel 35 · web stream",
      "signal": "The City Clerk lists Council meetings Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at ten; confirm the official calendar before tuning in.",
      "sourceId": "la-cityview",
      "url": "https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk-services/council-and-public-services/council-committee-meetings",
      "watchUrl": "https://lacity.gov/tv",
      "status": "recurring-verify"
    },
    {
      "id": "mbtv-city-council",
      "date": "2026-08-04",
      "day": "TUE",
      "time": "6:00 PM",
      "title": "Manhattan Beach City Council",
      "station": "MBTV",
      "channels": "Spectrum 8 · Frontier 35 · web stream",
      "signal": "MBTV says Council and Planning meetings are regularly broadcast and rebroadcast; the official city calendar lists this meeting at six.",
      "sourceId": "mbtv",
      "url": "https://www.manhattanbeach.gov/residents/city-calendar-month-view/-curdate-4-24-2025/-curm-8/-cury-2026",
      "watchUrl": "https://www.manhattanbeach.gov/departments/mbtv",
      "status": "scheduled"
    },
    {
      "id": "el-segundo-council-canceled",
      "date": "2026-08-04",
      "day": "TUE",
      "time": "6:00 PM",
      "title": "El Segundo City Council — CANCELED",
      "station": "El Segundo Media",
      "channels": "Spectrum 3 + 22 · U-verse 99 · YouTube",
      "signal": "The official calendar marks the meeting canceled for Police National Night Out. The empty slot is part of the guide.",
      "sourceId": "el-segundo-media",
      "url": "https://www.elsegundo.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/10047/268543",
      "watchUrl": "https://www.elsegundo.org/Home/Components/News/News/1597/268327?arch=1&npage=46",
      "status": "canceled"
    }
  ],
  "stations": [
    {
      "id": "torrance-citicable",
      "name": "Torrance CitiCABLE",
      "channels": "Spectrum 3 + 22 + 28 · Frontier 31 + 35 + 36",
      "note": "City programming, community television, schools, colleges, live and on-demand. No exact program grid was normalized for this edition.",
      "sourceId": "torrance-citicable",
      "url": "https://www.torranceca.gov/Our-Community/CitiCABLE/Watch-CitiCABLE"
    },
    {
      "id": "el-segundo-media-station",
      "name": "El Segundo Media",
      "channels": "Spectrum 3 + 22 · U-verse 99 · YouTube",
      "note": "Local news, business conversations, Council wrap-ups, meetings, and community events from the City’s media division.",
      "sourceId": "el-segundo-media",
      "url": "https://www.elsegundo.org/Home/Components/News/News/1597/268327?arch=1&npage=46"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "lacma-weekly",
      "label": "LACMA weekly event calendar",
      "publisher": "Los Angeles County Museum of Art",
      "url": "https://www.lacma.org/event-calendar-weekly/2026-08-03",
      "kind": "official institution calendar",
      "automation": "allowed",
      "robots": "event paths allowed",
      "checked": "2026-08-03"
    },
    {
      "id": "torrance-summer-nights",
      "label": "Torrance Summer Nights",
      "publisher": "City of Torrance",
      "url": "https://www.torranceca.gov/Our-Community/Citywide-Special-Events/Special-Events/Torrance-Summer-Nights",
      "kind": "official city event series",
      "automation": "allowed",
      "robots": "selected event paths allowed",
      "checked": "2026-08-03"
    },
    {
      "id": "manhattan-beach-calendar",
      "label": "Manhattan Beach city calendar",
      "publisher": "City of Manhattan Beach",
      "url": "https://www.manhattanbeach.gov/residents/city-calendar-month-view/-curdate-4-24-2025/-curm-8/-cury-2026",
      "kind": "official city calendar",
      "automation": "manual-only",
      "robots": "unavailable to automated client",
      "checked": "2026-08-03"
    },
    {
      "id": "la-cityview",
      "label": "LA CityView + City Clerk",
      "publisher": "City of Los Angeles",
      "url": "https://lacity.gov/tv/schedule",
      "kind": "official municipal television",
      "automation": "manual-only",
      "robots": "unavailable to automated client",
      "checked": "2026-08-03"
    },
    {
      "id": "mbtv",
      "label": "MBTV",
      "publisher": "City of Manhattan Beach",
      "url": "https://www.manhattanbeach.gov/departments/mbtv",
      "kind": "official municipal television",
      "automation": "manual-only",
      "robots": "unavailable to automated client",
      "checked": "2026-08-03"
    },
    {
      "id": "el-segundo-media",
      "label": "El Segundo Media",
      "publisher": "City of El Segundo",
      "url": "https://www.elsegundo.org/Home/Components/News/News/1597/268327?arch=1&npage=46",
      "kind": "official municipal television",
      "automation": "manual-only",
      "robots": "not included in the automated refresh",
      "checked": "2026-08-03"
    },
    {
      "id": "torrance-citicable",
      "label": "Torrance CitiCABLE",
      "publisher": "City of Torrance",
      "url": "https://www.torranceca.gov/Our-Community/CitiCABLE",
      "kind": "official municipal television",
      "automation": "manual-only",
      "robots": "not included in the automated refresh",
      "checked": "2026-08-03"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": {
    "sourcePolicy": "Official public-agency and institution pages only for edition 001.",
    "refreshPolicy": "The included scraper checks robots.txt first, reads only sources marked allowed, and writes a candidate file for human review. It never promotes discoveries into the public edition automatically.",
    "accuracyBoundary": "Schedules change. Follow the official link before leaving home or relying on a broadcast time.",
    "relationship": "Independent PointCast editorial. No venue, city, station, or institution sponsored or approved this guide."
  },
  "human": "https://pointcast.xyz/tonight"
}