Новости за 13.03.2016

China's annual legislative sessions are in full swing in Beijing. Thousands of delegates are convening daily at the Great Hall of the People to listen to speeches, discuss government work reports, and review economic plans for the next five years.

I was exploring the 3,084-passenger Ruby Princess, docked at the World Cruise Center in San Pedro, when I stumbled across a dessert display and tasting — a wondrous thing to chance upon, especially given that the theme was "Chocolate Journeys."

Vans turns 50: In the Image section elsewhere in this edition, an article about the 50th anniversary of the footwear maker Vans misspelled the first name of Vans' senior director of events and promotions, Kristy Van Doren-Batson, as Christy in some instances. The article also referred to a lace-up...

Hours after the Hawaii women's basketball team clinched a spot in the NCAA tournament, the top-seeded Rainbow Warriors made it a clean sweep for their school in the Big West championship, defeating third-seeded Long Beach State, 64-60, Saturday at Honda Center.

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen, and welcome to your weekly field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.

Hello, spring. The arts team at L.A. Times has geared up with interviews, analysis and recommendations of where to go, whom to see and what not to miss. This week and next, look for our critics and reporters to guide you to the cultural events of the new season.

Dodgers 6, Chicago Cubs 5

Dodgers 8, Seattle 4 (10 innings)

AT THE PLATE: The Dodgers beat the Cubs by scoring twice in the bottom of the ninth — on a game-tying walk with the bases loaded, then a walk-off walk. Austin Barnes, the third catcher on a team that might carry only two catchers, hit...

The mystery known as Keith Kinkaid was finally solved.

Sort of.

Yes, the Kings were finally able to get one past the understudy goaltender, the guy who shut them out last month in Newark, N.J. But only one on Saturday night, as the New Jersey Devils beat the Kings, 2-1, in overtime at Staples Center.

Chino Hills announced Saturday night that students can begin purchasing tickets for Tuesday's Open Division semifinal game against Foothills Christian at lunch time on Monday at the student store.

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — For 94 minutes Saturday, the Galaxy defense was impenetrable.

CIF STATE BASKETBALLBOYSSOUTHERN REGIONALOPEN DIVISIONRegional semifinals, Tuesday, 7 p.m.#5 El Cajon Foothills Christian at #1 Chino Hills#7 San Diego Cathedral at #3 Torrance Bishop MontgomeryDIVISION IRegional quarterfinals, SaturdayEncino Crespi 69, Inglewood 62San Diego St. Augustine 54, Eastvale...

The BNP Paribas Open has never been kind to Andy Murray. The best result the world's No. 2 tennis player has achieved at Indian Wells was being the runner-up to Rafael Nadal in 2009, which he followed with a quarterfinal exit in 2010 and back-to-back opening-round losses before he made it back...

Angelique Kerber's dream of winning a Grand Slam tournament came true in January, when she upset Serena Williams in the Australian Open final. But Kerber didn't realize the title would bring with it constant demands from sponsors, tournament promoters and the media.

The NCAA tournament's annual drama has become so all-encompassing that it is colloquially known as March Madness.

CIF SOUTHERN REGIONAL SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS

BOYS'

Saturday

Division I: Los Angeles Loyola 2, San Diego Cathedral 0

Division II: Bakersfield South 1, Granada Hills 0

Division III: San Marcos Mission Hills 2, Pasadena 1 (OT)

Division IV: Valencia 2, Santa Ana Godinez 2

Division V: Thermal Desert Mirage...

Quietly but convincingly, Encino Crespi is emerging as the second-best high school basketball team in Southern California behind Chino Hills.

 Sophomore center Riley Battin set a school record on Saturday night, scoring 47 points and grabbing 18 rebounds in Oak Park's 93-67 win over Bernstein in a Division III Southern California Regional quarterfinal playoff game.

The snack bar sells Cheetos and Funyuns. The banners behind the basket advertise massages and sheet metal.

Everyone at Santa Anita wanted to see how the underdog story would play out. With a horse stepping up big in class, can he knock off the better-known favorites?

It really shouldn't have surprised anyone that longshot Melatonin won the $1-million Santa Anita Handicap on Saturday. A look at horse racing's sabermetrics — past performances — made a very compelling case.

Corey Seager might be a rookie, but he also might be the position player the Dodgers can least afford to lose.

First went checkers, then fell chess. Now, a computer program has defeated the world's top player in the ancient east Asian board game of Go — a major milestone for artificial intelligence that brings to a close the era of board games as benchmarks in computing.At the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul,...

The calls between Cleveland Coach Tyronn Lue and Clippers Coach Doc Rivers have become more common now, the two exchanging ideas, encouraging the other and just simply checking on the other's well-being.

A small army of volunteers led by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti went door-to-door Saturday to begin the task of assessing the extent of the lead contamination in thousands of homes, businesses and schools surrounding a shuttered battery-recycling plant east of downtown.

Loyola has stamped itself as the No. 1 soccer team in Southern California.