Новости за 24.08.2016

Originally built in 1936, this traditional, Glendale home underwent recent renovations that preserved authentic charm while upgrading to modern amenities. New cottage-style kitchen cabinetry, appliances, and a surround-sound system blend seamlessly with vintage built-ins, crown molding, wainscoting,...

It’s late August and the dog needs a bath. Actually, he needs three baths. After his third bath, he needs to be rolled in powdered sugar. He’d still stink, but at least he’d be edible.

For all their bare skin, suggestive dialogue and racy dance sequences, Bollywood movies generally are a marvel of chastity. The world’s biggest film industry is so squeamish about sex that its biggest stars rarely even kiss on screen.

Millions of consumers treat Weedmaps like the Yelp for pot, relying on the Irvine company as their definitive guide to marijuana dispensaries, varieties and doctors.

Vice President Joe Biden faces a stiff challenge Wednesday on a one-day visit to Turkey, a key NATO ally that is reeling from terrorist attacks and a failed military coup and where anti-U.S. sentiment is at a boil.

Danish, French, German, Spanish and now Italian — subtitled foreign dramas aren’t just for art-house theaters anymore.

Cancer has surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in California and 21 other states, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Donald Trump is keeping up his drumbeat against Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation, and he’s got pretty good timing to focus on the issue. “It is impossible to figure out where the Clinton Foundation ends and the State Department begins,” he charged.

John McCain came to talk about honor and duty. The setting was an American Legion post, where Arizona's senior senator unfurled an army’s worth of endorsements from military brass supporting his November reelection bid.

Bob Guza has the best job in California.

That’s just my opinion, but take a look at this deal:

At 68, his work clothes are a ball cap, shorts and flip-flops. He sets his own hours and gets paid to hang out on the beach all day with his toys, which include a sand buggy, a jet ski and a drone. Guza...

After high-profile shootings last month reignited a national debate on race and policing, thousands of black Americans responded through protests across dozens of cities with chants of “black lives matter” and demands for policing reforms.

The Los Angeles Board of Education on Monday voted to extend health benefits to two groups of part-time employees despite ongoing concerns about the school system’s long-term financial health.

When she scooped up the cash after allegedly robbing a US Bank branch in Cheyenne, Wyo., Linda Patricia Thompson seemed resigned to the punishment that awaited her.

A growing contingent of dissatisfied voters could pledge their support to candidates other than a Republican or Democrat come November.

When all else fails, the San Francisco Giants turn to Madison Bumgarner.

California’s graduating class of 2016 outperformed peers on the ACT college-entrance test nationally across all four subject areas, according to a report released by the test company Wednesday.

A controversial measure to extend California’s target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions was approved by the Assembly on Tuesday, clearing a major hurdle in a battle at the Capitol over the future of the state’s environmental programs.

Teacher tenure lawsuit: In the Aug. 23 Section A, an article about the California Supreme Court’s decision not to review a lawsuit that challenged teacher tenure misidentified Michael Petrilli as the executive vice president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. He is president of the institute.

Adrian Gonzalez tracked the baseball as it exited the hand of San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner. He maintained his focus as his bat ripped through the strike zone, connecting with the slider and lining it up the middle. He did not turn away until it cleared the glove of shortstop Brandon Crawford,...

Essential Politics: Live updates as California Assembly agrees to extend climate change law Aug. 23, 2016, 10:12 p.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California government and politics news. We've got a number of big stories that we're following: Lawmakers in the Assembly approved...

The San Francisco Giants are in the kind of tailspin that is beyond explanation.

Nick Buss has played more than 1,000 professional baseball games and a bunch more as an amateur. But, until Tuesday at the Rogers Centre, the 29-year-old outfielder had never once faced a knuckleball pitcher. In their pregame hitters’ meeting, the Angels stressed to never let up on any pitches...

A disgruntled former employee of a Carson carwash brought an ax to the business on Tuesday, prompting an hours-long standoff with sheriff’s deputies.

The Angels will hire St. Louis Cardinals scouting cross-checker Matt Swanson as their new amateur scouting director, according to a source who requested anonymity because the move has not been made official. In Swanson, Angels General Manager Billy Eppler chose a far less experienced but highly...

Think pie, and for most of us, this conjures up a picture of some sort of crust with filling. The filling and crust might vary depending on our personal preferences and the season, but there’s always one constant: Pie is round. Well, maybe not always — and maybe, just maybe, it shouldn’t be. Pie...