Новости за 02.09.2017

Welcome to the first weekend in September, your Labor Day weekend and yet another major L.A. heat wave. If you’re bored and hungry, maybe come on over to Paramount Studios, where we’re in the middle of The Taste, our holiday weekend food festival. If you’re staying home, you can read about food...

Happy Labor Day Weekend! Whatever you’re doing over the holiday, I hope you’ll get a chance to read. Up next for me is an October book that I’ll be writing about, which I’ll discuss more when the time comes. For now, let’s get to this week in books.

L.A. Opera President Christopher Koelsch carves out calmer moments at the Arts District town house loft he shares with husband Todd Bentjen and their dog, Franklin. (The Bernese mountain dog and poodle mix was named after FDR and Aretha Franklin in “equal measure,” Koelsch said.)

This polished contemporary on a hilltop in Hollywood Hills West captures panoramic views from the canyon to the city. Lined with bi-folding and pocketing walls of glass, the home was designed so that each of its six bedrooms opens to a terrace that holds a zero-edge swimming pool. A staircase leads...

Three years ago, all the signs pointed one way: Tinashe was on her way to pop stardom.

The show appears to be over for Adam Lambert in Hollywood Hills West.

The singer-songwriter of “American Idol” fame has listed his home in the area for $3.995 million — $1 million more than he paid for the property three years ago.

The subdued contemporary, built in 1947, has been renovated and...

Last month’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., was a sickening spectacle that ended in a horrific act of violence when a driver crashed into a group of counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 19 others. It’s not surprising that those events are reverberating nationwide,...

Taylor Swift’s latest single, “Look What You Made Me Do,” is essentially a lock to land at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart, making it the first cut this year by a solo female artist to reach the pinnacle of the tally.

Upon arriving in Paris as the new U.S. ambassador to France and Monaco in 2009, Charles Rivkin used his show business pedigree to charm President Nicolas Sarkozy with a gift: a framed poster of Rita Hayworth.

Musicians, actors, sports stars — L.A. is home to a vast array of entertainers of all stripes. This week we look at some hit makers, places where actors made the scene and the home court of a former Lakers player.

Who is Hamlet? This might seem like a strange question to ask about the most famous character in all literature, a figure incarnated by some of the most brilliant actors of the last four centuries and the subject of a library of writing analyzing the political, philosophical and psychoanalytic...

Brandon Phillips awoke early Friday in a Chicago hotel, caught a flight to Dallas and arrived at Globe Life Park 21/2 hours before the first pitch. There, the new Angels second baseman learned he would be hitting leadoff for the first time in two years, and he was surprised.

Clayton Kershaw made occasional on-field appearances during the five-plus weeks he was on the disabled list, sprinting toward rookie Kyle Farmer one day, leaping into the arms of Yasiel Puig on another.

There were more than a dozen high school football games canceled around Southern California on Friday because of an excessive heat warning.

Berkeley speakers: In the Aug. 30 California section, an article about debate over UC Berkeley hosting conservative speakers said the university had canceled a speaking engagement for Anne Coulter. UC Berkeley did not call off the Coulter event. It offered another time and place, which she refused.

The toughest obstacle Clayton Kershaw faced Friday night appeared about 15 minutes after a 1-0 victory over the San Diego Padres. As Kershaw stood before a group of reporters, after six scoreless innings in his first outing for the Dodgers since July 23, a potato chip lodged in his throat. He sputtered...

How The Times’ high school football top 25 teams fared:

Rk. School (W-L) Result | Next game

1. MATER DEI (2-0) def. Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, 35-21 | vs. La Mirada (at Santa Ana Stadium), Friday

2. ST. JOHN BOSCO (0-1) vs. Garces (at Mission Viejo), Saturday | vs. Chaminade (at El Camino College),...

It wasn’t the best first half for Long Beach Poly quarterback Matt Corral.

Candace Parker scored 15 points and the Los Angeles Sparks built an early double-digit lead en route to an easy 81-56 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Friday night.

Dante Pettis woke up No. 8 Washington just before halftime with his sixth career punt return for a touchdown and Jake Browning threw two second-half touchdown passes in a tougher-than-expected 30-14 victory over rebuilding Rutgers on Friday night at Piscataway, N.J.

When it comes to World Cup qualifying, Costa Rica has found a way to bring out the worst in the U.S.

With roster cuts looming, the Rams had a good idea what their 53-man roster would look like even before they played their final preseason game at Green Bay.