Новости за 25.02.2017

Lisa Rinna’s living room is well-trodden turf — and not just because film crews occasionally come in and tear the whole house apart to shoot for “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”

Since President Trump took office, controversy over some of his policies has triggered noisy protests and rallies in front of hotels emblazoned with the Trump name.

Warren Buffett is ready to cash in a nearly 5-decade-old investment.

The 86-year-old business magnate has listed an ocean-view home in Laguna Beach for sale at $11 million. That’s quite a markup from the $150,000 Buffett paid for the property in 1971, property records show.

The multilevel home,...

Jersey Vargas, 13, was just starting a long night of homework Wednesday when I asked how school was going.

On Sunday night, nine mostly mid-budget films with grown-up themes —  loss, war, discrimination, artistic struggle —  will compete for best picture at the 89th Academy Awards. That may sound like business as usual for an awards show that traditionally favors critically acclaimed dramas, but this...

Lt. Muntathar Ghani had been awake for two days straight, engaged in relentless street fighting against Islamic State jihadists. When the adrenaline started to wear off, he sat down in the front yard of a house, desperate for a rest.

Usually, the Saturday section finds columnist Chris Erskine offering up one-liners and occasional words of wisdom. This week, his readers take over as Chris and his wife — you know her as Posh — battle her Stage 4 cancer diagnosis. Here are just a few of the messages that have been pouring in,...

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One of this year’s Academy Awards favorites is “Moonlight,” an intimate and poetic portrayal of growing up gay in a gang-ravaged Miami neighborhood. Mahershala Ali stands a good chance to win the supporting actor Oscar for his performance as a surprisingly sensitive drug-dealing mentor, and Barry...

If the annual Oscar campaigns are convinced of nothing else — other than the greatness of whatever film they represent —  it’s their own importance. The message of this elongated award season is: “See this movie or be left adrift in the cultural conversation motion pictures gratefully provide.”

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Your California Bucket List: Essential adventures and experiences in the Golden State Feb. 25, 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...

This contemporary showplace blends poured-concrete construction with expanses of glass for a subdued profile above the Sunset Strip.

Question: We own a detached single-family home in a common interest development and are in a difficult situation with the board.  Our water bills have been going way up over the years and we just discovered that the association’s shrubs outside our property walls are being watered from our home...

This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Los Angeles, one of the scarier and more absurd moments in the city’s World War II efforts.

Nobody wants to be Uber right now.

In the past month, the San Francisco ride-hailing firm faced a customer boycott and sexual harassment allegations, which have devastated employee morale and steered users away from the service. Then it was slapped with a lawsuit Thursday, in which Waymo — Google’s...

A 3-month-old girl died in a car fire on the 5 Freeway Friday night in Tustin after the adults in the vehicle were unable to free her from a car seat, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Good morning. It is Saturday, Feb. 25. Here’s what you don’t want to miss this weekend:

In 2016, high-end credit cards attracted a lot of attention with generous rewards and perks. But this year, issuers are going back to basics — and perhaps charging you more in the process. Here are four credit card industry trends taking shape for 2017.

From his office on the 21st floor of a Hollywood skyscraper, one powerful man looked out the window and saw cranes, construction sites and new buildings rising from the ground below. He didn’t like what he saw. The result is Measure S, a slow-growth, anti-development initiative on the March 7 ballot...

The March 7 primary will test whether Los Angeles voters are still committed to fixing some of the city’s most difficult problems.

With the Academy Awards this weekend, it is the perfect time to look at some books about classic Hollywood. I’m Carolyn Kellogg, books editor of the L.A. Times.

A Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge has dealt a blow to “Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf, tentatively siding with a local water supplier in a contentious, closely watched battle over precious Central Coast groundwater.

The battle over the Los Angeles skyline. The award-winning show inspired by a singular graphic memoir. And “Salome” at 30. Plus: SCI-Arc in Mexico City, Oscar-nominated films that emerged from important plays, and a longtime curator leaves the downtown gallery he helped establish. I’m Carolina...

A group calling themselves the “Peeved Beavers” is gearing up to protest Hudson’s Bay department store’s continued offering of Ivanka Trump’s brand, an escalation of what’s coming to be known online as #Baycott.