Новости за 25.12.2016

When Rabbi Boruch Rabinowitz arrived at his Santa Monica synagogue on the second day of Hanukkah, he made an unpleasant discovery.

The holiday spirit is strong with “Rogue One,” as the “Star Wars” spinoff continued its stranglehold on the box office for the second consecutive weekend.

Isaiah Thomas scored 27 points, Marcus Smart made a tiebreaking three-pointer with 47 seconds left after Boston blew a late lead, and the Celtics beat the New York Knicks, 119-114, on Sunday at Madison Square Garden. 

The line outside the Midnight Mission in downtown Los Angeles began two days ago, as hundreds of men, women and their children waited patiently for a warm meal and a toy from Santa’s Village on Christmas morning.

Think you don’t need another bucket-list app? Think again. Here’s a better one.

Dear Liz: My mother is 74 and her health is starting to deteriorate. She had a last will made up about 15 years ago when my stepdad left her. I found out that she named me executor and gave me power of attorney for healthcare decisions. After the last year, when she became very contentious about...

This video could come in handy today. You can learn how to wish people Merry Christmas in Portuguese (Feliz Natal), Tagalog (Maligayang Pasko) or in a bunch of other languages.

Riverside authorities are looking for a would-be bank robber accused of spitting gasoline on a teller during a holdup.

The Mercado Central was humming with people seeking out the best of the best for the holiday table at home.

As you describe it in the article “Lights Fantastic” (Dec. 18, by Valli Herman), the Festival of Lights at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside is "in a class by itself."

From a certain perspective, Los Angeles musicians had a tough time this year scoring in the big leagues.

BIRDING

Field class

Explore the birds in nesting season as they make a home in the George F Canyon Preserve in Rolling Hills Estates.

When, where: 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at 27305 Palos Verdes Drive East.

Admission, info: Free. RSVP to www.pvplc.org.

NAVIGATION

Workshop

Learn the parts of a compass,...

In the last 40 years, Los Angeles has faced major decisions about our civic center. We almost demolished the 1928 City Hall, but decided to save it, and today it is a cherished landmark. We considered tearing down the 1926 Central Library, but decided to save it, and today it anchors a vibrant...

For many of us, this may be the worst “most wonderful time of the year” in recent memory. But there’s at least one seasonal tradition that is made easier, not to mention more fun, by virtue of just how bad things are: the annual call for moratoriums.

Wandering around Echo Park recently, Tyler Sharkey was pleasantly surprised to find that he could now grab a beer at his neighborhood bookstore, Stories Books and Cafe.

Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park crowd onto one of the many viewpoints along Mather Point while the colors of sunrise begin to paint the sky.

“We must as a nation be more unpredictable,” Donald Trump said during the presidential campaign. “We have to be unpredictable!”

When I was a child, the greatest joy of Christmas was shopping in downtown Los Angeles.  People from all over the city came to purchase gifts and enjoy the spectacular window displays.

Pharrell Williams owes his career to women. They’ve validated his unique sound, first cultivated as part of the producing duo the Neptunes and present on Kelis’ “Kaleidoscope” album and SWV’s “New Beginning.” They’ve purchased his music, songs written and produced for the likes of Jay Z, Britney...

Question: Everyone in our common-interest development just received a letter from an attorney representing our association. The letter advises us that in less than a month our board of directors will hold a meeting to vote on a “Proposed Water Intrusion Responsibility Policy.” The policy states...

As young artists on the hunt for love in “La La Land,” Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone romance their way through the Hermosa Beach Pier, the SmokeHouse restaurant in Burbank and the Griffith Observatory at twilight. 

In an open blue coffin draped in a sheer veil, Carl Betts was greeted by friends and family.

The life-sized figures of Mary and Joseph were to be expected. What drew the longest gaze from visitors to the Nativity scene on St. Peter’s Square this Christmas was the strange pile of crushed masonry in front of the stable.

A Russian passenger plane with 92 people aboard, including a well-known military band, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday minutes after takeoff from the resort city of Sochi, the Defense Ministry said.

In 1992, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer pitched themselves to California voters as the dynamic duo, as “Thelma and Louise,” as “Cagney and Lacey.”