Rodeo comes to town for 2 sold-out shows as LA inches closer to a ban

As Los Angeles moves closer to banning certain rodeo activities in the city, the 40th anniversary of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo is set for Saturday and Sunday in the nearby City of Industry.

The rodeo will have shows at 5 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Industry Hills Expo Center, and tickets for both days were sold out as of Thursday.

The Bill Pickett website says its rodeos include events such as bareback riding, bronc riding, bull riding, bull dogging, calf roping and “jr.