Новости за 27.10.2017

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, Oct. 27, and here’s what’s happening across California:

NBA veteran Tyson Chandler has put his estate in gated Hidden Hills back up for sale at $7.995 million. That’s a $2-million pivot from when he put the house on the market two years ago for $9.995 million.

Dueling dramas unfolded Friday in Madrid and Barcelona over the Catalonia secession crisis, with Spain’s Senate set to approve direct rule by the central government over the restive region and protesters outside the Catalan parliament urging their own lawmakers to declare independence.

On the morning of Nov. 8, 2016, 20-year-old Hana Barkowitz, a Kent State University student with bright eyes and bleached blond hair, bubbled over with optimism. The Pittsburgh native was about to vote in her first presidential election, and her passion for her candidate, Hillary Clinton, was unsinkable.

Horse racing newsletter.

Republicans control the White House and Congress, plus the majority of state legislatures and governorships, yet the GOP may be on the edge of implosion.

To the editor: Robin Abcarian places part of the blame for Kate Steinle’s death in San Francisco on the U.S. Bureau of Land Management ranger whose loaded gun was stolen from his car and eventually ended up as the weapon used in this tragic killing. (“Trump blames her death on an immigrant. But...

Dee Dee Bridges lost her 3,300-square-foot home in the Fountaingrove neighborhood when fires swept through two weeks ago, and she’s ready to start work on a new home.

To the editor: The Los Angeles Times reports that the National Park Service is considering a fee hike of 180% for the most popular parks. (“National Park Service considers fee hike of up to 180% for most popular parks, including Yosemite,” Oct. 24)

Pregnancy and childbirth are killing women at inexplicable rates in the United States, especially African American women in Texas. Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today:

The first response to the rumors about Michelle King was: Everything is fine. Then word came that the Los Angeles school superintendent would be back at her desk within days. Then that estimate was extended by a month.

In August of 2016, the New England Journal of Medicine published a striking report on cancer and body fat: Thirteen separate cancers can now be linked to being overweight or obese, among them a number of the most common and deadly cancers of all — colon, thyroid, ovarian, uterine, pancreatic and...

Fellow Dodger fans, I love you, but please leave the room.

The rest of you, admit it. You’re just counting the days until the World Series ends. You’re not even shy about asking: When will it all be over?

The answer only makes it worse.

“Well,” we say, “the series might end as early as Saturday,...

Our national parks face two persistent problems: Chronic underfunding that has led to a nearly $12-billion backlog in deferred maintenance projects, and massive crowds during peak seasons at the most popular destinations. Congress created much of the backlog problem by failing to properly budget...

Republicans are indignant over this week’s Washington Post report that the Democratic National Committee paid for the infamous “dossier” alleging that Russia had amassed compromising information about Donald Trump and sought to help his presidential campaign.

A.J. Burgess was born without kidneys. He spent the first 10 months of his life in a hospital in Atlanta. At 2 years old, he weighs only 25 pounds and has yet to take his first steps. He receives dialysis treatment daily and his health could take a fatal turn at any moment.

Republican Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) this week did something remarkable for a politician: He expressed regret. “It is time for our complicity and our accommodation of the unacceptable to end,” he said, announcing that he would retire at the conclusion of his term rather than participate in the...

Despite the loud objections voiced by California’s bail industry, the basic principle of pretrial justice in this state ought to be clear: People who are arrested but haven’t yet gone to trial should be locked up or set free depending on how likely they are to flee or cause harm, not on whether...

When Harvey Weinstein tried to explain away his decades-long habit of sexual harassment and assault, he was mocked — deservedly — for claiming that he was a product of the zeitgeist.

It took the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau five years to adopt a rule on forced arbitration by banks and credit card companies — five years of research, meetings with industry officials, public comment and crafting regulatory language.

Larry Ward is no fan of Dianne Feinstein.

“Time to retire,” he says of the Democratic senator from California. “Too old.”

Coming from a Republican such as Ward, that’s hardly surprising. He’d have gladly been rid of Feinstein a long time ago.

But it’s voters like Ward — conservatives who feel voiceless...

Arnie DeGeorge sat weeping in an airport bar in Toronto as a television broadcast images from his hometown of Las Vegas.

As L.A.'s Arts District has developed, artists have been pushed out. Now the remaining artist bastions are at risk.