Новости за 23.06.2016

Even in a room with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, you can’t miss him.

At, or near, the front of the line every day for the past week at the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles is the man who calls himself Blue Boy. That’s for the mustache and goatee dyed a royal shade of blue, a little deeper...

Democrats sat in, spoke out, and sang “God Bless America” into the wee hours at the Capitol. But they could not push House Speaker Paul D. Ryan to vote on legislation to curb gun sales.

The Supreme Court decision Thursday effectively blocking President Obama’s immigration programs also comes as a blow to California legislators who have been fighting to offer health insurance to people living in the country illegally. 

A deadlocked Supreme Court could not rule Thursday on the legality of President Obama’s immigration reform plan, leaving in place a lower court's order in Texas that blocked it from taking effect.

Irvine is known for its chain restaurants, a good UC school, clean wide highways and planned housing communities. But a new food hall called Trade, scheduled to open later this summer, may turn the city into a real food destination. 

A person briefed on the matter says Volkswagen has agreed to pay about $10.2 billion to settle claims in the U.S. from its emissions-cheating scandal.

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the limited use of affirmative action by colleges and universities seeking to enroll more minority students.

Neil Young’s latest work, “Earth,” just might be one of the most unusual projects of a long and varied career. He created some of the wildest music films ever, mashed up electronic music with crunching hard rock and now he’s toying with the live album format.

Ventura County firefighters have stopped hundreds of gallons of crude oil from flowing toward the ocean after a leak at Prince Barranca valley, officials said.

Live updates: Oil spill in Ventura County June 23, 2016, 9:25 a.m. Ventura County firefighters are racing to stop thousands of gallons of crude oil from flowing into the ocean after a leak was spotted at Prince Barranca valley, officials said. The spill is estimated to involve 700 barrels. There...

Live updates: Oil spill in Ventura County June 23, 2016, 9:25 a.m. Ventura County firefighters are racing to stop thousands of gallons of crude oil from flowing into the ocean after a leak was spotted at Prince Barranca valley, officials said. The spill is estimated to involve 700 barrels. There...

Restrictions on speeches and parades outside next month's Republican National Convention were struck down by a federal judge Thursday as unconstitutional.

Cheese and crackers — it’s a snack pairing as common and comforting as milk and cookies, or hummus and pita bread. At Leona in Venice (named for the original street name for Washington Boulevard where the restaurant is located), cheese and crackers are listed as a starter. But chef Nyesha Arrington...

Forget “Batman v Superman” and Team Captain America vs Team Iron Man. Cartoon Network is hosting a (super-cute) superhero crossover event of its own in an upcoming episode of “Teen Titans Go!” Can you handle the overwhelming sweetness of not three, but six characters with adorable tiny fists of...

Reputations can fall swiftly in the world of art, sometimes in mysterious ways. But few have fallen so far and remained so hidden as William Merritt Chase. Art historian John Davis reports that in the 1880s, when Chase was just in his 30s, "he had come to dominate the American art scene." Many...

This week: An election-year tale at Skylight Theatre, two edgy fables at Rogue Machine, and the return of Independent Shakespeare Co.’s annual Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival.

Twilio Inc.’s initial public offering raked in more money than expected, and the San Francisco cloud communications start-up’s shares soared further in their first hours of trading.

If Ryan Anderson were to sign with the Lakers this offseason, he would have a short commute to the team’s practice facility in El Segundo. The sweet-shooting forward, who will soon hit the open market as an unrestricted free agent, recently bought a house in nearby Hermosa Beach for $5.48 million.

Former WWE star CM Punk will be making his long-awaited UFC debut on Sept. 10 against Mickey Gall at UFC 203 in Cleveland.

A German police special commando shot to death an armed, masked assailant Thursday about two hours after he had stormed into a movie theater in the western town of Viernheim, state Interior Minister Peter Beuth said. There was no indication that anyone else was shot.

Live updates: Oil spill in Ventura County June 23, 2016, 9:25 a.m. Ventura County firefighters are racing to stop thousands of gallons of crude oil from flowing into the ocean after a leak was spotted at Prince Barranca valley, officials said. The spill is estimated to involve 700 barrels. There...

Live updates: Oil spill in Ventura County June 23, 2016, 9:25 a.m. Ventura County firefighters are racing to stop thousands of gallons of crude oil from flowing into the ocean after a leak was spotted at Prince Barranca valley, officials said. The spill is estimated to involve 700 barrels. There...

A powerful tornado killed 51 people and destroyed large numbers of buildings Thursday in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, state media reported.

A few months ago, diving legend Greg Louganis was talking about Troy Dumais’ quest to become the first American in their sport to qualify for five Olympic Games.

When the Argentine-born, London-educated artist Amalia Ulman moved to Los Angeles in 2014, she spent weeks chronicling the experience on Instagram (@amaliaulman). She posted photos of her shopping binges, her avocado toast and even her plastic surgery: a boob job, natch.  After her move, Ulman...