Новости за 16.12.2017

Mike Scott tied a season-high with 22 points while Bradley Beal added 20 as the Washington Wizards held off the Clippers 100-91 on Friday night.

Amid new reports that Pasadena-based Judge Alex Kozinski groped women, including a law student, an East coast federal appeals court was assigned Friday to conduct an investigation.

The United Nations’ monitor on extreme poverty and human rights said Friday that political will created the hundreds of encampments that he saw lining the streets of Los Angeles, adding that the country is rich enough to end homelessness.

Stewie Griffin, meet Mickey Mouse.

The foulmouthed toddler of Fox’s animated series “Family Guy” is a diaper-clad troublemaker whose florid vocabulary and diabolical machinations probably would get him kicked out of the Magic Kingdom.

But with Walt Disney Co.’s game-changing plan to acquire key...

A power pylon that some residents said was sparking at the beginning of the Creek fire near Sylmar is owned by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, officials said Friday.

Most of the NBA’s greatest players never even reached a 15th season, having gone to college in years that LeBron James spent scoring his first 8,000 points.

An installation by Norberto Rodriguez at Bed & Breakfast invites viewers to lay in a coffin-style bed built by the artist. A closing reception will feature scones and meditation.

The Toronto Raptors are in third place in the Eastern Conference.

It is hard to get excited about that given the Raptors’ recent run of postseason futility.

The past four seasons, Toronto has finished third, second, fourth and third in the East.

But it’s the way Toronto is playing that makes the...

As crews battling the deadly Thomas fire girded for a difficult weekend of firefighting, Los Angeles and Ventura counties ended their 12th consecutive day of red flag fire warnings Friday — the longest sustained period of fire weather warnings on record.

A look back at the very tumultuous — yet culturally productive — year that was 2017. The joy of “The Nutcracker.” And why too much Bach is never enough. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s top arts and culture stories:

Artist’s light shines on

Regarding “Beloved sculpture moved without notice” [Nov. 30]: My first reaction when I read Carolina Miranda’s feature article about the lovely, iconic street lights was, “How wonderful! They are still in existence.”

My primary reason for writing this letter is to salute...

The Carolina Panthers founder and owner Jerry Richardson is under investigation for workplace misconduct.

The White House and Republican lawmakers are pressing for an end to multiple investigations into the Trump campaign’s dealings with Russia, aiming to clear the president as soon as possible before the taint of scandal further damages his presidency.

At the annual Girls Build L.A. leadership summit, two of the nation's most prominent political women offered advice to young girls: Be more prepared than everyone else, and take on tough challenges.

The goal during the past five days for the Chargers was to make things as normal as possible.

Given the months-long stream of allegations of sexual harassment by powerful people, the big political news in Kansas on Friday sounded numbingly familiar: A prominent Democratic congressional candidate quit the 2018 race after journalists unearthed a former subordinate’s claim of sexual harassment.

Key holdouts on the GOP tax bill fell in line Friday, boosting momentum for passage as Republicans released the final version of their tax overhaul ahead of next week’s expected vote.

Amy Kirk wears No. 1 on her jersey as the starting goalkeeper for the Edison High girls’ soccer team, but last year she was really No. 3.

The employment contract for Baldwin Park's police chief includes a provision that would make him almost impossible to terminate, no matter how bad a job he does. Michael Taylor can only be fired if he commits a felony.

A man and a woman are dead after a shooting Friday at a condominium complex near Huntington Harbour that police are investigating as a murder-suicide, authorities said.

Like wealth disparity in America, the divide between L.A.-based musical megastars and the other 99% of musicians reveals the extent to which big business controls the narrative.

El mercado de lanzadores relevistas se calentó el miércoles durante las reuniones de directivos del béisbol, pero la atmósfera fuera de los suites de los Dodgers en el Swan y Dolphin Resort se mantuvo calmada.  Los ejecutivos se reunieron en un par de cuartos. El mánager de Dave Roberts tenía sus...

President Jacob Zuma came to power in South Africa as a populist, a traditional Zulu man with a common touch and a mighty singing voice that could lift a crowd.