Новости за 21.11.2015

Looks like Katniss Everdeen is facing an even bigger threat than President Snow: viewer ennui for "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2." 

Bangladesh has hanged two opposition leaders for war crimes they were convicted of having committed during the nation’s 1971 war of independence, authorities announced Sunday.

"The Hunger Games" has always been Katniss Everdeen's story, and "Mockingjay — Part 2" sees the young protagonist complete her transformation into the leader she has reluctantly played since first manipulating the Capitol's rules and earning its ire during the 74th Hunger Games.   

Kate Beckinsale and her director husband, Len Wiseman, have reportedly split, but on good terms, after more than a 11 years of marriage.

"The Great British Baking Show" (PBS, Netflix, Amazon). I know this is a late recommendation — the most recent season of this imported BBC cooking competition finished its PBS run a couple of weeks ago — but I have just got here myself, and though the train has left that station, there are other...

Once again, the employment numbers in California look pretty good.

And once again, those numbers are deceiving.

All you have to do is look at the case of Martin Saldana.

In February, I watched Saldana walk out of the Boeing C-17 plant in Long Beach for the last time. Demand for the military transport...

The National Weather Service is warning of "critical fire weather conditions" through the weekend and placing a caution in effect across all of Los Angeles and Ventura counties through Sunday night.

The analytics, standard statistics and old-school eye test are all saying the same thing: By any measure, the Clippers aren’t cutting it in the season’s early going.

In 1958 Robert Shushan was a Los Angeles high school teacher with hopes of joining the administrative ranks when his sister disrupted his plans.

Hopes are high at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park that the six newly arrived southern white rhinos, as yet unnamed, may someday earn the same elevated status as the panda Hua Mei and the condor Sisquoc.

Going without a shower for a few days might make you feel gross, but for small animals like bees and houseflies, keeping clean is a matter of life or death.

There are lots of portrait photos in the Getty Museum's exhibition "In Focus: Daguerreotypes," but not many smiles. The photographers would not have been urging their subjects to say "cheese."

Everyone thinks triathlon is a sport made of three sports: swimming, biking and running. But after my results were posted for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon held in September in Zuma Beach, I was rudely reminded that triathlon is actually four sports.

Jennifer Morrison moves from reality to fantasy. On-screen, she's Emma Swan, the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming on ABC's "Once Upon a Time." Off-screen, Morrison, 36, is a mentor and advocate for teenage girls. A short film she directed, "Warning Labels," debuted at the Tribeca Film...

Oh, you're going to feel this one tomorrow.

BarreAmped creator Suzanne Bowen says this is her go-to move for targeting a common trouble spot for men and women — the triceps. This back-of-the-arm area gets flabby without consistent exercise. Worse, it's an area where excess weight can accumulate....

Republicans have made it abundantly clear since the terror attacks in Paris that they want nothing to do with refugees from the Syrian conflict. On Thursday, the House voted to turn away Syrian and Iraqi refugees, suspending the federal resettlement program and ramping up the vetting process for...

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When I go to Lima, I call Joel Saez, who has a new Hyundai station wagon. He drives for a living and charges $100 per day plus gas; he will take you anywhere.

Joel Saez, 011-51-1-368-0474, 011-51-980-482-353 (cell), saez55@hotmail.com

Ricardo Alcedo

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For several years, longtime Vernon city administrator Bruce Malkenhorst Sr. was the state's highest-paid pensioner, with benefits topping out at more than $550,000 a year.

It's the year of the emoji. Or at least that's what the Oxford Dictionary would have us believe.

Stephen Curry is on a roll right now. His 34 points per game is by far the best in the NBA this season, and he has the Golden State Warriors looking unbeatable (and at 14-0, they have been so far). LeBron James hasn't been too shabby either, averaging 27 points a game and helping the still Kyrie...

Next week is, of course, Thanksgiving. It's our annual cook's holiday, the one feast that many of us go all-out on, by cooking traditional family recipes, favorite comfort-food dishes or maybe recalibrating recipes for new people or new ingredients and ideas. Regardless of how we celebrate the...

The Lakers tripped over a new way to lose — the three-point line.

They couldn't seem to locate the Toronto Raptors anywhere behind it, watching again and again as if a small wall prevented them from defending beyond 23 feet and nine inches.

The Raptors were fine with it, taking 33 three-point shots...

The Clippers did not check into their hotel until slightly before 3:30 a.m. Friday, part of the drudgery of playing back-to-back games in the NBA.

Orange Lutheran football players are gluttons for punishment. Five times this season, they've faced teams ranked among the top four in the state. Twice they've had to play unbeaten Corona Centennial.

There's no place like home for the Bishop Amat football team, and that is especially true for Torreahno Sweet.