Новости за 19.03.2016

When Drew Buggs went down with a knee injury last November, Long Beach Poly's season wasn't looking very promising. The Hawaii-bound guard is the Jackrabbits' court leader and sets so many examples on how to compete and how to never stop hustling.

On the eve of President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba, authorities there are ordering dissidents invited to meet with the American leader to stay home instead, a leading human rights activist said Saturday.Elizardo Sanchez, a Cuban anti-government activist who chronicles political detentions month-to-month,...

A glass slide perched 1,000 feet above downtown Los Angeles got one step closer to reality Saturday, as the building owner announced it had been airlifted by helicopter onto the 69th floor of the U.S. Bank Tower.

When Hillary Clinton praised Nancy Reagan’s response to AIDS shortly before Reagan’s funeral, Dominic Lowell’s phone blew up.

The first border collie arrived at the Pasadena Humane Society two weeks ago. She was found roaming the upscale neighborhood surrounding Cal Tech, sweet-faced and pregnant.

DeAndre Jordan wrapped Matt Barnes in a bear hug. Chris Paul held up his phone so that his son could briefly chat with Barnes on FaceTime.

Jordan Morris, Julian Green and Matt Miazga were among the 23 players called into camp Saturday for the U-23 national team ahead of its two-game Olympic qualifying playoff with Colombia.

SWAT officers were searching for a gunman Saturday morning after two people were found shot near Broadway and Palomar Street in Chula Vista, authorities said.

Univision and AT&T have agreed to yet another extension as they continue carriage negotiations.

"I want to scream right now."

So said Kayla Washington of Cajon, the standout senior bound for Washington State who led her team to the state Division II final on Saturday morning with a 51-30 victory over Santa Ana Mater Dei.

Washington scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Cajon dominated...

Authorities are investigating the shooting of a disabled woman that left her critically injured Saturday morning.

One man was killed and another was injured in a drive-by shooting early Saturday in South Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles police.

Donald Trump heads to Arizona to campaign ahead of Tuesday's Republican primary. Mitt Romney endorsed Ted Cruz for the GOP presidential nomination Trump continues to attack Fox News, Megyn Kelly. He also questioned Romney's religion John Kasich is talking about religion on the campaign trail in...

Andre Ethier limped into the Dodgers clubhouse on crutches on Saturday morning. An X-ray on his bruised right shin came back negative, but Ethier still felt discomfort after fouling a ball off his leg Friday afternoon.

“Joan Brown Herself: Paintings and Constructions, 1970-80” brings together nine great paintings and two wonderful sculptures that Brown made from 1970 to 1980. At George Adams Gallery's show at CB1-G, the straightforward show is at once enchanting and matter of fact.

It may be at the No. 1 spot for the Friday box office, but "The Divergent Series: Allegiant" is sputtering as a franchise. The Lionsgate film drew an estimated $11.9 million from 3,740 theaters on Friday, for its weakest opening in the three-part series' history.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

Lionsgate, $29.95; Blu-ray, $39.99

Available on VOD Tuesday

The Hunger Games: Complete 4 Film Collection

Lionsgate, $54.98; Blu-ray, $64.97

It'd be silly to call a movie that made over $600 million a "letdown," but given how big "The Hunger Games" loomed in popular...

The pilot of a commercial jetliner said his plane nearly collided with a drone while approaching Los Angeles International Airport on Friday afternoon, sparking a search by L.A. police and sheriff's officials for the owner of the unmanned aircraft.

 A Southern California man who pointed a shotgun at a 7-year-old girl selling Girl Scout cookies has been given six months in jail.

More than 150 academics, novelists, poets, scientists and other experts of language have descended on San Juan, Puerto Rico, this week to debate the future of Spanish — and whether words such as "selfie" will be admitted into the prestigious Diccionario de la Real Academia (Dictionary of the Royal...

The Ducks’ short-and-grinding road against East Coast teams ended in a 4-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Friday. It stopped a 1-3-1 slide that served as proof that their second-half push would eventually slow.

UCLA Film & Television Archive's "Out of the Ether: Radio Mysteries and Thrillers on Screen," a retrospective featuring films based on popular radio shows of the '30s and '40s, continues Sunday evening at the Billy Wilder Theater with two low-budget flicks inspired by "Inner Sanctum Mystery." The...

I heartily recommend my Un-Cruise Adventures excursion along the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington. I took the cruise last summer, and everything was top class about the river boat, accommodations, crew, food, complimentary bar, shore excursions and lectures. Un-Cruise offers cruises...

Spring is finally here again, and it's time to celebrate.

Los Angeles interior designer Frances Merrill of Reath Design says the season is all about comfort and ease — and less about perfection.

A great way to loosen up is by eschewing minimalism.

It may be gratifying to come home to an immaculate...

"Uncle Andy, what kind of car is that?" asked my 12-year-old niece Dayna, pointing at a Maserati. It was one of a multitude of fancy cars we saw during our weekend in downtown Palo Alto, the Silicon Valley's hub of business and conspicuous consumption. I was here on uncle duty with Dayna and her...