Новости за 06.04.2017

A funding formula signed into law four years ago has mostly leveled the playing field among the state’s school districts, a report released Thursday found — but the money is not necessarily going to the neediest students.

The March 31 opinion piece, “LGBT conservatives have political clout. It's time they stop using it to enable GOP bigotry,” was equal parts histrionic and uninformed. Author Nico Lang breathlessly declared: “Advocating for inclusion and compassion from Republican leaders is a noble goal. But it...

There’s no question who murdered 19-year-old Michael Roark and his 17-year-old girlfriend, Tiffany York.

The new Netflix series “Ingobernable” — “Ungovernable” — is set in Mexico.

For 40 years, the advancement of human rights around the globe has been a pillar of U.S. foreign policy.

It was bad enough back in 2011 when Donald Trump began peddling the crackpot conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama was not a native-born American. But at least Trump was just a private citizen then. By the time he tweeted last month that Obama had sunk so low as to “tapp [sic] my phones...

When weeks had passed and her anger about the presidential election still hadn’t subsided, Jill Weiss figured she had two options: She could keep replacing broken home furniture or she could find a therapeutic way to put a whupping on something.

Before he became one of hip-hop’s most promising young talents, rapper and singer D.R.A.M. worked as a member of the Geek Squad at the Best Buy outlet in Newport News, Va.

In the wee hours of March 24, 1989, the channel connecting the Alaskan port of Valdez with Prince William Sound was riddled with icebergs shed from the deteriorating Columbia Glacier, a massive river of ice that had begun breaking apart only a few years earlier.

Then end of a 35-day strike meant Los Angeles Traffic could return to normal. An article in the July 26, 1955, Los Angeles Times reported that, ‘Los Angeles Transit Lines provided normal service on its 430-mile network of 38 coach and six streetcar lines yesterday after the end of the 35-day strike...

For California engineers who usually toil in obscurity in state laboratories, the Volkswagen investigation was a rare moment in the spotlight. They helped discover how the German automaker was illegally evading emissions rules, leading to billions of dollars in settlements and an international...

In the final days before a decisive vote in the Legislature on a sweeping $52-billion tax plan for transportation, the sales pitch from Gov. Jerry Brown often strayed from civic inspiration to political exasperation.

President Trump has many enemies he likes to target on social media: “failing” newspapers, political adversaries in both parties, foreign nations, former President Obama. But he shares many of the same characteristics, at least on paper, with one nemesis he has repeatedly singled out: former California...

The race for the 34th Congressional District in the core of Los Angeles was supposed to be a battle for the soul of the Democratic Party. The two dozen hopefuls vying for a spot in the top-two primary were full of self-proclaimed fighters ready to oppose President Trump and establishment Democrats...

The chief argument against raising taxes on motorists to pay for road repairs is that Sacramento Democrats can’t be trusted.

Santa Ana police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who attacked a convenience store cashier and damaged equipment after a failed bid to buy candy.

It all seemed swell. In his first time on a major league mound in 11 months, Garrett Richards was dominating Oakland. A groundout to begin the bottom of the fifth inning made it 11 consecutive Athletics the Angels’ right-hander had retired Wednesday at the Oakland Coliseum.

One by one by one, Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and J.J. Redick took turns providing the Clippers with a scoring punch.

The flight of the baseball, arcing in a parabola against the inky sky, afforded Yasiel Puig the luxury of admiration. He took seven steps to marvel at his first home run of the 2017 season before starting his trot around the bases after swatting a solo shot in the fourth inning of a Dodgers 3-1...

Though the homicide rate has dropped in Brazil’s most populous city, shootings have become disturbingly common in Sao Paulo, and two incidents this week left nine dead in less than an hour.

In his first start of the 2017 season, Angels left-hander Tyler Skaggs will face the major league hitter he believes knows him best.

The blue line was roaring for the Ducks six days ago. Now it’s going out like a lamb.

The fate of two Los Angeles charter schools remained an open question Wednesday, after a state commission declined to make a recommendation on whether they should remain open or close this summer.