Новости за 10.06.2017

To reduce joblessness, President Trump will focus next week on something he knows well — apprentices.

More than 12% of the L.A.'s earthquake vulnerable wood apartment buildings have begun the process of retrofits.

Catharina Hedberg was ahead of her time. In 1974, fresh off the boat from Sweden, the 29-year-old fell in love with the Santa Monica Mountains and created the Ashram, which at the time was a new idea for Southern California: the wellness retreat. She started out charging $500 for a weeklong, mountaintop...

Hopes of a horse from Japan winning the Belmont Stakes for the first time in the race’s 149-year history were dashed when veterinarians scratched Epicharis on Saturday morning because of continued inflammation in his right front foot.

An television advertising campaign denouncing California's so-called sanctuary cities launched this week in the San Diego area.

Unseeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia used bold strokes and an unbending will to come back and stun No. 3 Simona Halep 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in an enthralling French Open final Saturday for the first title of her career.

Adam West, who donned a cape, cowl and tights to became an overnight sensation in 1966 as the star of the campy “Batman” TV series, has died, according to a family statement. He was 88.

Los Angeles County health officials and volunteers went door to door Saturday conducting health surveys of residents who live around a shuttered battery-recycling plant near downtown, which is blamed for decades of lead emissions spread across seven southeast communities.

Dear Mexico, Landon Donovan would like to apologize.

Although the greatest player in U.S. soccer history grew up in Southern California, where he learned Spanish by playing against Mexican American kids, he says he had little understanding of the importance Mexicans place on the U.S.-Mexico rivalry.

British Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election for Parliament almost three years early so that the United Kingdom would have “strong and stable” leadership to negotiate the terms of “Brexit,” its withdrawal from the European Union approved by voters in a referendum nearly a year ago....

A Senate hearing became national entertainment, an L.A. legend turned off his microphone, a top pop star loosened her reins, women ruled the box office and a stand-up star got stand-offish. Here’s all that news and more from this week in entertainment.

Golfer Tiger Woods told police officers during his DUI arrest last month that he had taken the powerful anti-anxiety drug Xanax as well as other prescription medications, according to a report.

Not that long ago you didn’t have to travel far to find a well-stocked newsstand in greater Los Angeles. I’m talking about those fabulous outdo or libraries with knee-deep piles of out-of-town newspapers and neatly arranged rows of magazines calling out to anyone hungry for gossip, history, culture.

It started with the wallpaper almost every time.

Los Angeles designer Karen Frid-Madden proposed installing two contrasting yet complementary white and royal blue wallpaper patterns in her client Karl Thurmond's Westwood living room. Needless to say, it took a little convincing.

Then came the dining...

There’s been lots of drama this past week, at least if you watch professional basketball, so it’s maybe a good time to hit whichever pause button you have handy and contemplate some good food. Serene food, food that you might find in a gorgeous patio garden, ideally near some stellar art.

The giant La Paloma power plant has run hard since it opened in 2003, with owners boasting that its home near Bakersfield is ideal for sending electricity up toward San Francisco or down to Los Angeles area homes and businesses.

Hello, readers! I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg, and here’s what we’ve got for you this week.

Much has been made of the greening of the Los Angeles River, especially in the areas between Griffith Park and downtown L.A. But the river has steadily been getting improvements upstream, too.

Hundreds of guests and dignitaries gathered at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, for a special session Tuesday marking the 1967 Six-Day War. It was a celebration of Israel’s lightning military victory over Arab armies in the Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, West Bank and East Jerusalem that forever...

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It is Saturday, June 10. Here’s what you don’t want to miss this weekend:

Walter White of “Breaking Bad” cooked meth. Pablo Escobar of “Narcos” dealt in “Cocaine.” But what does series TV do when pharmaceutical meds are the new drug of choice across America?