Новости за 12.02.2016

In what turned out to be his final speech before his assassination, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. prophetically invoked the biblical account of Moses’ trip to the mountaintop from which he beheld that promised land he would never reach in his lifetime.

What’s in season: Though carrots are one of those staples that can be found year-round in supermarkets, winter is the best time to find them at farmers markets, as colder weather makes for crisper and sweeter roots. Another advantage to sourcing your carrots seasonally is that you can often find...

More from Trail Guide Feb. 11 As Clinton and Sanders spar, Obama's name looms in Democratic debate Feb. 10 Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie end presidential bids Feb. 9 New Hampshire primary results: Trump and Sanders win easily, Kasich places 2nd, Rubio admits debate hurt him Feb. 8 Candidates...

Leap day is coming up at the end of the month, and Santa Catalina Island is hoping to see you on that "extra day" in 2016.

Visa Inc. took a significant stake in mobile-payments company Square Inc. prior to its initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Those paying attention to the sound of contemporary Los Angeles as imagined by Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly," nominated for an album of the year Grammy, might have noted a mysterious musician named Thundercat lurking in the background.

Pack your passport and appetite to take advantage of this eat-and-sleep deal in Victoria, British Columbia. It's a chance to explore the cuisine of the Canadian city — from sushi to Greek to vegetarian and Chinese — and save.

The governor of Louisiana said he wasn't trying to use scare tactics during his televised address Thursday night, but you can bet LSU football fans were shaking in their shoes afterward.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman, 44, died of heart failure Thursday night in San Diego.

If you still don't have anything planned for Presidents Day weekend or Valentine's Day on Sunday, get going.

Boys Basketball

ACADEMY LEAGUE

Crean Lutheran 70, Sage Hill 33

St. Margaret's 70, Downey Calvary Chapel 58

AMBASSADOR LEAGUE

Loma Linda Academy 46, Aquinas 42

BIG VIII LEAGUE

Corona Centennial 93, Norco 54

Eastvale Roosevelt 55, Corona Santiago 35

King 56, Corona 49

CRESTVIEW LEAGUE

Esperanza...

There’s a lot of pop culture to sort through week after week. Times staff writer Chris Barton offers his take on what’s up and what’s down in music, movies, television and just about anything else out there that’s worth considering.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a Lancaster man armed with a 4-foot-long ax Thursday night when he apparently refused to drop the sharp tool even after he was struck several times with a stun gun.

Seven players from USC have accepted invitations to attend the NFL scouting combine that begins Feb. 23 in Indianapolis.

President Obama’s brief trip to Los Angeles is wrapping up Friday, but not fast enough for some drivers trying to beat the morning rush to work.

For a few years starting in the early 1980s, two artists, Brian Tucker and Nikki Tucker, distributed their photo-zine, FER YOUz, anywhere that Los Angeles punk rockers were gathering.

Imagine a chocolate factory, and you probably think of Valrhona or Godiva, Hershey's or Cadbury or even Roald Dahl's fictional playhouse: a massive wonderland built of cacao. By contrast, David and Corey Menkes run LetterPress Chocolate out of their two-bedroom, 900-square-foot, second-floor apartment...

Over the past decade, Justin Gage's ear for talent has earned him both acclaim and a career.

You can be in Alaska for the longest or the shortest days of the year (or nearly any day through January of next year) for $279, a round-trip fare that includes all taxes and fees from LAX to Juneau on Alaska or Delta.

Chris Offutt places his literary beginning at age 9, when his father gave him his worn copy of "Treasure Island." But his powerful, gracefully written memoir "My Father, the Pornographer" shows that it was something he was born into.

Mutant Salon’s art installation at Commonwealth & Council is a hot mess — in a good way. Set up as a grotesque beauty salon, it includes stations for haircutting, makeup, nail art and tattooing.

The armed standoff at an Oregon wildlife refuge appeared to be headed to a violent climax.Four occupiers were sounding increasingly agitated as heavily armed FBI agents inched closer.“They're 50 feet from me,” said Sean Anderson, during a series of telephone calls that were broadcast live over...

No greater symbol of the fashion establishment exists than Vogue magazine. So what was Ben Stiller's Derek Zoolander doing on the cover of the February issue?

While you certainly don't need to be a hard-core follower of fashion to enjoy "Zoolander 2," if you're the kind of person who can identify all the faces in a fashion week front row and compulsively correct total strangers when they mispronounce Ralph Lauren's name ("It's LAUR-en, not lau-REN"),...

Retired Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca could lose his freedom for up to six months when he is sentenced in federal court in May, but there's one thing he won't forfeit — his county pension.