Новости за 21.11.2016

Former NBA All-Star Steve Francis has been charged with felony retaliation after prosecutors say he threatened to assault a Houston-area deputy during a traffic stop.

The Division 1 semifinal game between Corona Centennial and St. John Bosco on Friday night at Cerritos College will be televised by Prime Ticket at 7:30 p.m.

Irish novelist and playwright William Trevor, a master of short stories that often explored life's disappointments, has died at the age of 88 in his adopted English home, his publisher announced Monday.

Essential Politics: Calexit movement launches, all eyes on state senate vote count Nov. 21, 2016, 10:43 a.m. This is Essential Politics, our daily look at California political and government news. Here's what we're watching right now: Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison spoke to California Democrats who...

Los Angeles billionaire investor Ronald Burkle is the buyer of the Bob and Dolores Hope estate that recently sold in Palm Springs for $13 million, according to real estate sources not authorized to comment on the deal.

A copy of the world's first full-length audiobook, a 1935 recording of Joseph Conrad's novella "Typhoon," has been discovered in Canada by a London-based professor, the Guardian reports. 

Tesla Motors Inc. now owns the nation's largest solar panel installer: The automaker's deal to acquire SolarCity Corp. closed Monday morning.

A woman who police say abandoned her car on railroad tracks in Ventura minutes before the vehicle was struck by a slow-moving Amtrak train has been booked on suspicion of drunk driving, according to police.

The 2016 iteration of the American Music Awards, the populist music award show for which ordinary fans decide who gets each of the many shiny trophies, had more than a few shiny moments Sunday night. Here are five of the shiniest. 

A weekend rainstorm that drenched Southern California and triggered hundreds of freeway crashes will disappear by the afternoon and make way for cool, autumn weather on Thanksgiving, the National Weather Service said Monday.

To the editor: I have little sympathy for white people who feel slighted by efforts to treat non-white people with the same dignity white people have always, unquestioningly, been afforded. (“'There's nothing wrong with being white.' Trump's win brings 'white pride' out of the shadows,” Nov. 17)

To the editor: This article is quite disturbing. Laying out a battle plan? So, is the city of Los Angeles going to war with the federal government? And why? Because the leaders of L.A. don’t agree with longstanding federal government laws on immigration? (“L.A. leaders just vowed to fight deportations...

To the editor: While your article was certainly salient, does anyone notice that the poorest counties in the country are in solidly red states? (“By drawing 50 'states' according to income, study reveals 'developing countries' within the U.S.,” Nov. 17)

To the editor: Of course an octopus is capable of suffering. And of course, as biologist and psychologist Jennifer Mather points out, “this suffering is almost certainly prolonged when the animal is deliberately kept alive” during such butchery. (“Live octopus? Animal activists want it off the...

After a tumultuous few days in which Kanye West walked off the stage three songs into his Saturday night concert in Sacramento and canceled Sunday's at the Forum three hours before showtime, the rapper has canceled the remainder of his Saint Pablo tour, according to a representative.

No doubt you've already seen the video clip of this play from the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, in which receiver Doug Baldwin and quarterback Russell Wilson reverse roles for a 15-yard touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles: https://twitter.com/nflnetwork/status/800483281019936768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw...

It’s not Thanksgiving without the mashed potatoes. And while we all have our personal preferences about what we consider the perfect mash — smooth or lumpy, creamy or fluffy — there are some simple tricks we can use to elevate this comfort food classic.

There is a whole lot of ruminating going on about art in the age of Donald Trump. Plus, we’ve got art and Leonard Cohen, art and Alec Baldwin, a hot pink pigment and Anish Kapoor and how Germany is saving a culturally significant piece of architecture for Los Angeles. Here’s the Roundup:

Kirk Cousins probably has many goals in life, and two of them appear to be getting a big contract from the Washington Redskins and providing us with as many post-victory sound bites as social media can handle.

The first of the Audigier collection, a number of homes owned by late fashion designer and marketer Christian Audigier, who died last year at 57, has sold for $1.657 million.

U .S. stocks are rising as energy companies climb with the price of oil. Investors are hoping OPEC countries will soon finalize a deal that would cut oil production and help support prices. Meat producer Tyson Foods is tumbling after it reported weak fourth-quarter results. Major stock indexes...

The red line might as well have been the pivot on a seesaw Sunday. The second period tilted the Kings’ way, then back to the Ducks for the third. 

As the recovery from the Great Recession continues, job growth is solid and the labor force is growing at close to its fastest pace since 2000 because more unemployed workers are coming off the sidelines. 

After such a long and fraught presidential election, we could all use a break. Too bad we don’t get one.