Новости за 28.01.2017

The soap in the bathroom of the Huntington Beach High School auditorium is strawberry scented, but inside the main theater it smells of raw ambition. This is the regional semifinals of what’s billed as the world’s largest student ballet scholarship competition: Youth America Grand Prix.

Republican administrations dating back to the Reagan era have sought to reduce the number of abortions around the world by requiring that overseas family planning groups refrain from performing or promoting the procedure as a condition for receiving U.S. aid.

Your California Bucket List: Essential adventures and experiences in the Golden State Jan. 28, 2017, 6 a.m. (Al Seib, Brian van der Brug, Rick Loomis, Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Here's our growing guide to essential California adventures, easy to edgy. We'll be adding to it daily all...

Good morning. It is Saturday, Jan. 28. Here’s what you don’t want to miss this weekend:

Cairo airport officials say seven U.S.-bound migrants — six from Iraq and one from Yemen — have been prevented from boarding an EgyptAir flight to New York's JFK airport.

The ponderosa pine had taken root decades before the Revolutionary War, making a stately stand on this western Sierra Nevada slope for some 300 years, Nate Stephenson figures. 

We have ventured out into the night in Van Nuys armed with flashlights, clipboards, maps — and our best judgment — to count homeless people.

The protests and marches over the ascendancy of Donald Trump are still underway, but it’s already time, Los Angeles voters, to focus on another election — one that will not generate one-zillionth of the attention, but which will directly affect daily life in and around the city. Of course every...

It’s so large, it’s easy not to notice it.

Its 400 feet of brick, mosaic tile and glazed terra cotta could be nothing but an odd retaining wall keeping what’s left of Ft. Moore Hill from falling.

On the speedway that Hill Street becomes between downtown and Chinatown, a motorist could never appreciate the...

Good morning. I'm Paul Thornton, The Times' letters editor, and it is Saturday, Jan. 28, 2016. Only one week into the Trump presidency, less of California is officially in a drought. Coincidence? Let's take a look back at the week in Opinion. Last May, then-candidate Donald Trump promised to "open...

A swarm of seafaring robots unleashed by researchers at UC San Diego has discovered how plankton might get together to have sex: by harnessing the motion of the ocean.

Serena Williams has won her record 23rd Grand Slam singles title, and her sister Venus was right there on court to give her a congratulatory hug.

“Is your coat wool?” Alfre Woodard asked as she sat at a long, flower-filled table draped with purple paisley Italian linen. “I’m allergic to wool. I can never wear anything nice.”

A man was fatally shot Friday night by Alhambra police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

If it’s been an unaccountably long week for you too, then maybe it’s time to head to the mall. Not kidding, at least if you love ramen as much as most of us do. Because not only is Din Tai Fung at the mall in Glendale, there’s now a branch of one of the best ramen shops in Southern California there...

We've already seen a lot of real estate activity in 2017 and we're not even up to the Super Bowl, which traditionally kicks off the start of the sales season here in Southern California. If our prognosticator skills are intact and January is any indication, we're in for another busy housing market...

Bee Gees: In the Jan. 27 Calendar section, an article about a Grammy Awards salute to the Bee Gees described the group as Australian. Brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb achieved their first musical success after their family moved to Australia, but they were born in England. Also, Ed Sheeran...

Despite playing with a wrist injury, sophomore Cassius Stanley contributed 20 points on Friday night to help Harvard-Westlake defeat Loyola, 70-66, in overtime at Loyola.

No matter when they played, no matter which team they played for, many players selected as members of the top 100 of the NHL’s first 100 years had a similar reaction to winning that honor.

Goran Dragic had 26 points and 11 assists to lead the Miami Heat to their sixth straight win Friday night, a 100-88 victory over the bickering Chicago Bulls. 

The recent storms that have buried the Sierra Nevada in snow have taken a big bite out of the state’s five-year snowpack deficit, according to researchers.

There was a 10-year-old boy dressed in a UCLA jersey who sat in the first row near the Chino Hills bench on Friday night at LaVerne Damien. He kept shouting to LaMelo Ball to “shoot from half court.” That’s what happens when there’s a YouTube video of Ball pointing to the half-court line in a game...

Lisa Lange said her dog's purpose is to sleep on rainy days and play with toys.

The versatile actor Sir John Hurt, who could move audiences to tears in “The Elephant Man,” terrified them in “Alien,” and spoofed that very same scene in “Spaceballs,” has died. He was 77.

The versatile actor Sir John Hurt, who could move audiences to tears in "The Elephant Man," terrify them in "Alien," and spoof that very same scene in "Spaceballs," has died. He was 77.