Новости за 31.12.2016

To the editor: It would seem that Justin Raimondo suffers from the polar affliction TAS, or Trump Apology Syndrome. (“Do you suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome?,” Dec. 27)

To the editor: Children’s safety in public parks is not a trivial issue, yet Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell’s proposal to prevent “creepy activity” by prohibiting adults unaccompanied by children from entering playgrounds is over the top. Imagine a park sign reading, “No dogs or adults...

Something you might not have guessed about me is that I’m a sucker for a good musical, but don’t tell anybody. It’s a little embarrassing.

(David Horsey / Los Angeles Times) Follow the Opinion section on Twitter @latimesopinion or Facebook

Municipal water agencies deny that the sole purpose of tiered pricing — in which users pay more per gallon as they use more gallons — is to encourage conservation, but such rate structures just happen to provide fair and sensible incentives for Californians to use their most precious public resource...

To the editor: The integrity of our elections was a vocal issue for Donald Trump when polls showed him losing. Now, he can’t be bothered and rejects intelligence evidence of Russian interference, though he will grace a briefing with his presence. At least he’s reliably predictable. ("Obama slaps...

For all the surprises and trauma 2016 threw at us, nothing could have prepared us for the day-apart deaths of cultural icons Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds.

Editorial boards by nature focus on wishes — what we wish would be done, what we wish had been done differently and, as often as not, what we wish hadn’t been done at all. Here, at the dawn of what is shaping up to be a challenging new year — to say the least — it’s clear that the wishes The Times...

Alcatraz Island has been a tourist attraction for longer than it was a federal prison — 42 years versus 29 — and its popularity seems to be only growing.

Growth and vitality: For seven years, that has been the central story for the U.S. auto industry.

With the offensive to reclaim the Iraqi city of Mosul now in its third month, smartphones are everywhere on the battlefield, where the appetite for selfie photos is proving to be irresistible — and problematic.

Science never ceases to surprise us. In a year jampacked with discoveries, some of the biggest revelations of 2016 seemed to come from out of the blue.

Welcome to the final weekend of the year, in fact the last day of 2016 — a year that for many, could not end soon enough. It has been, however, a pretty great year if you’re prone to stress eating. We’ve seen some terrific new restaurants and some remarkable cuisine — on restaurant tables and in...

We're in a vacation state of mind this week, so we bring you some home sales of note in locales favored by Southern California celebrities. A longtime favorite of old Hollywood and entertainment moguls has been Palm Springs, where Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope famously maintained residences. Others...

A pair of bomb blasts targeting a market in central Baghdad Saturday killed at least 28 people and wounded at least 54, according to police and medical officials. 

Lonzo Ball had 23 points, including four three-pointers, and No. 2 UCLA rebounded from a loss to Oregon with a 76-63 victory over Oregon State on Friday night. 

Henrik Sedin scored 4:01 into overtime and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Anaheim Ducks, 3-2, on Friday night. 

Ronda Rousey returned to the octagon Friday for the first time since her beat-down loss 13 months earlier, and she was victimized again by a head-rattling flurry of fists that finished her in even quicker form.

UFC 207 recap: Nunes stops Rousey in 48 seconds, plus all other fights on card Dec. 30, 2016, 11:11 p.m. Amanda Nunes might have put another nail in the career of Ronda Rousey with a devastating win under a minute to retain her bantamweight title. Nunes rocked Rousey with several hard punches and...

UFC 207 recap: Nunes stops Rousey in 48 seconds, plus all other fights on card Dec. 30, 2016, 11:11 p.m. Amanda Nunes might have put another nail in the career of Ronda Rousey with a devastating win under a minute to retain her bantamweight title. Nunes rocked Rousey with several hard punches and...

UFC 207 recap: Nunes stops Rousey in 48 seconds, plus all other fights on card Dec. 30, 2016, 11:11 p.m. Amanda Nunes might have put another nail in the career of Ronda Rousey with a devastating win under a minute to retain her bantamweight title. Nunes rocked Rousey with several hard punches and...

The already short-handed Clippers lost two more members when Austin Rivers was ejected from the game in the second quarter and when Coach Doc Rivers was tossed from the game a few seconds later in the quarter.

Legal bills: In the Dec. 30 California section, an article about a state Supreme Court decision that a government agency’s legal bills are generally public record said the case was brought by the ACLU of Southern California. Eric Preven, an advocate for transparency in local government, was a co-plaintiff.

UFC 207 recap: Nunes stops Rousey in 48 seconds, plus all other fights on card Dec. 30, 2016, 11:11 p.m. Amanda Nunes might have put another nail in the career of Ronda Rousey with a devastating win under a minute to retain her bantamweight title. Nunes rocked Rousey with several hard punches and...

Isaiah Thomas scored 29 of his career-high 52 points in the fourth quarter, setting a club record for points in a period in the Boston Celtics’ 117-114 win over the Miami Heat.