Новости за 07.02.2017

In a time of deep political divisions, this much appears unassailable: Americans are hitting the hard stuff with gusto these days, increasingly American whiskey but also — in the spirit of inclusiveness — cognac, tequila and vodka.

Surely there are more than two Republican senators who are smart enough to realize that Betsy DeVos is simply underqualified and incompetent to lead the U.S. Department of Education. Which makes her confirmation Tuesday all the more maddening. For all of President Donald Trump’s talk as a candidate...

Essential Politics: Becerra and lawmakers criticize Trump's comments on cash for California, Peter Thiel says no to a race for governor Feb. 7, 2017, 11:29 a.m. This is Essential Politics, our daily look at California political and government news. Here's what we're watching right now: Atty. Gen....

DJ-producer Zane Lowe has bought a home in a gated Hollywood Hills West enclave for $4.95 million.

Escalating a war of words with President Trump, Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that the Islamic republic was "not afraid of threats" and vowed large anti-American protests beginning Friday.

Domestic films swept China’s box office during last week's Chinese New Year holiday, as state film regulators temporarily banned imported films to give domestic movies more room to cash in. 

Essential Politics: Becerra and lawmakers criticize Trump's comments on cash for California, Peter Thiel says no to a race for governor Feb. 7, 2017, 11:29 a.m. This is Essential Politics, our daily look at California political and government news. Here's what we're watching right now: Atty. Gen....

The South By Southwest Film Festival, following up on its main program announcement last week, on Tuesday released more titles for the upcoming edition of the Austin, Texas-based event.

Salman Rushdie, an author who was a fierce critic of Donald Trump during his campaign, will take on American politics in his next novel, “The Golden House.”

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First round, Friday, 3 p.m.

#16 West Adams at #1 Palisades

#9 Los Angeles CES at #8 Los Angeles Roosevelt

#12 Santee at #5 Cleveland

#13 Fremont at #4 Granada Hills

#14 Verdugo Hills at #3 Eagle Rock

#11 San Pedro at #6 Taft

#10 Venice at #7 El Camino Real

#15 Los Angeles...

Essential Politics: Becerra and lawmakers criticize Trump's comments on cash for California, Peter Thiel says no to a race for governor Feb. 7, 2017, 11:29 a.m. This is Essential Politics, our daily look at California political and government news. Here's what we're watching right now: Atty. Gen....

To the editor: It is clear to me after the Senate voted 51-50 (with Vice President Mike Pence breaking the tie) to confirm Betsy DeVos as secretary of Education that the Republicans care nothing about honesty or qualifications; this woman has no idea of what education means in this country.

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NCIS While investigating a murder in a small town outside Washington, D.C., Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and the team work with the Sherlocks (Richard Riehle, Jessica Walter and Todd Louiso), a privately funded investigative group that has just brought Anthony DiNozzo Sr. (guest star Robert Wagner)...

“Professor” Irwin Corey, the wild-haired comic who billed himself as “The World's Foremost Authority” and proceeded to amuse and confuse his audiences with his patented stream of pseudo-intellectual musings, doublespeak and nonsequiturs, has died. He was 102.

The FBI has offered a $10,000 reward in the case of two teenage Yolo County boys whose suspicious disappearance late last year has puzzled authorities.

Cobie Smulders, the actress known for her role on the sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” has sold an investment property in historic Los Feliz for $1.425 million. The buyer, by way of a limited liability company, was comedian Demetri Martin.

To the editor: That Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck describes LAPD tactics in parts of South Los Angeles as just an “occasional stop,” while painting them as merely inconvenient, flies in the face of hard data and experience. (“The LAPD's biggest conundrum: How to suppress crime...

Steve Sarkisian is headed to the Atlanta Falcons.

The former USC coach has agreed to become the offensive coordinator for the defending NFC champions, the Falcons announced Tuesday morning.

Sarkisian spent last season as offensive analyst at Alabama and was recently hired as the team’s offensive...

To the editor: I have nothing to say but thank you for your editorial on Oklahoma Atty. Gen. Scott Pruitt’s inappropriate nomination to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. You’ve made a completely airtight case. (“Putting Scott Pruitt in charge of the EPA risks irreversible damage to...

Twitter Inc. knows it has a problem with online abuse, and on Tuesday it announced three changes it's making to help users deal with it.

President Trump's Homeland Security secretary took responsibility Tuesday for the haphazard rollout of Trump's restrictions on entry into the U.S., a striking claim because he was largely left out of the crafting of the order.

Graffiti taught Patrick Martinez how to look at Los Angeles. As a teen, the born-and-bred Angeleno joined his brother and friends on frequent graffiti runs, tagging up bits of municipal infrastructure and old industrial sites.

White House says media failed to adequately cover terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, Orlando, Paris, etc. Feb. 7, 2017, 9:42 a.m. This is our look at President Trump's administration and the rest of Washington: Homeland Security chief takes responsibility for botched roll out of travel ban :...

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, Feb. 7, and here’s what’s going on around California:

As court battles swirl around President Trump’s constraints on who can enter the U.S., his top Homeland Security official will face tough questioning Tuesday from lawmakers concerned about the legality of his restrictions and their haphazard rollout.