Новости за 02.03.2016

Charlie Tuna: In the March 1 California section, the obituary of veteran L.A. radio disc jockey Charlie Tuna said he once served as host for the "Scrabble" TV game show. He was the show's announcer.

Seven months after two young women died of suspected drug overdoses after attending a rave concert at the fairgrounds, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Fair Assn. said Tuesday that the group is not planning to host raves this year. “We are not looking to host [electronic dance music] concerts...

Maybe this “new” Lakers offense is exactly what D'Angelo Russell needed for his game to prosper and to reach career heights.

When the Los Angeles Master Chorale announces its 2016-17 season on Wednesday, the lineup will be topped with a program of international significance: noted director Peter Sellars' first staged a cappella work, the Renaissance masterpiece "Lagrime di San Pietro" ("Tears of St. Peter") by Orlando...

When Anthony Brown was inserted into the starting lineup Tuesday for the second straight game for the injured Kobe Bryant, Lakers Coach Byron Scott challenged his rookie small forward.

The Lakers ended an eight-game losing streak, defeating the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night at Staples Center, 107-101.

More than a third of the people shot by Los Angeles police last year had documented signs of mental illness, nearly triple the number from the year before, according to a lengthy review by LAPD officials made public Tuesday.The report also found that African Americans continued to account for a...

After nearly a year on the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on Tuesday night, completing, along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, the longest continuous stay in space.

Since New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie endorsed Donald Trump last week, the two have campaigned around the country together. On Tuesday night, Christie introduced Trump at a victory party in Palm Beach, Fla., after the billionaire businessman had put at least five more states into his victory column....

After Olympus Corp. paid to fly three doctors from a prominent California hospital to Japan for a weeklong vacation, one of the physicians thanked the company for providing them with “so much extra entertainment that we did not expect.”The expense-paid trip was just one of the dozens of illegal...

UCLA VS. NO. 9 OREGON

When: 6 p.m.

Where: Pauley Pavilion.

On the air: TV: ESPN2; Radio: 570.

Update: UCLA (15-14, 6-10 in the Pac-12 Conference) must win at least one of its final two games to avoid a losing regular-season record. The Bruins are coming off losses at California and Stanford. A...

A kidnapping suspect who led police on a winding pursuit across Orange County and slipped away after a tense standoff with officers in Newport Beach was arrested Tuesday night in Cerritos.

USC tonight

USC VS. OREGON STATE

When: 8 p.m.

Where: Galen Center.

On the air: TV: FS1; Radio: 690.

Update: USC (19-10, 8-8 Pac-12 Conference) has won only two of seven games without its backup forward, Darion Clark, who separated his shoulder nearly a month ago. Clark averages less than 12 minutes...

FBI Director James B. Comey told lawmakers Tuesday that his agents have “engaged all parts of the U.S. government” to try to get into San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s work iPhone -- with nothing to show for it.

BOYS' BASKETBALL

CITY

OPEN DIVISION

Consolation semifinals, Tuesday

Fairfax 62, Taft 54

Birmingham 73, Dorsey 66

Consolation final, Thursday, 7 p.m.

#7 Birmingham at #3 Fairfax

BOYS' BASKETBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION

OPEN DIVISION

Consolation semifinals, Tuesday

Redondo 82, Alemany 70

Crespi...

In the roughly six months since the Food & Drug Administration gave its blessing to the marketing of flibanserin, a prescription treatment for low libido in premenopausal women, the average patient taking the newly minted medication should have had three additional satisfying sexual events.

SOCCER

CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Friday at Valley College

Girls' Division 3: #5 Sotomayor vs. #6 Verdugo Hills, 4:30 p.m.

Boys' Division 3: #1 Canoga Park vs. #2 Arleta, 7 p.m.

Saturday at Sotomayor

Girls' Division 5: #1 Harbor Teacher vs. #3 Community Charter, 10 a.m.

Boys' Division 5: #4 Community...

GIRLS' SOCCER

CITY

DIVISION I

Semifinals, Tuesday

Taft 2, San Pedro 0

El Camino Real 5, Bell 0

DIVISION II

Semifinals, Tuesday

Fremont 2, Grant 1

South East 4, Bravo 0

DIVISION III

Semifinals, Tuesday

Sotomayor 1, Arleta 0

Verdugo Hills 1, Los Angeles CES 0

DIVISION IV

Semifinals, Tuesday

It's taken more than three decades, but the Clippers have finally become a serious basketball operation with strong ownership, credible leadership, and real championship aspirations.

Although he won in Minnesota, Marco Rubio's failure to win anywhere else on Super Tuesday raises fresh questions about the Florida senator's strategy to secure the Republican presidential nomination.

Donald Trump won primaries in Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee and Massachusetts on Tuesday as he looked to shut down the Republican presidential contest and turn to the general election fight against Democrats.

Faced with the impending free agency of nearly the entire secondary, and equipped with the option to control at least one of the players, the Rams zeroed in on cornerback Trumaine Johnson and applied the nonexclusive franchise tag on him Tuesday.

As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa would typically be the one to oversee a rigorous inspection of a potential Supreme Court justice.

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Tuesday vetoed a proposed law that would have been the first in the country to require transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match the gender listed on their birth certificates.

After regulation ended in a 1-1 tie and after two 10-minute overtime periods and two five-minute sudden death periods, Palisades and Sylmar went into a shootout to decide their City Section Division I semifinal playoff match.