Новости за 20.01.2018

CNN is shooting down reports that its president Jeff Zucker is a candidate to run the Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN.

A bit of sadness. And some riotous performances. The week in culture has run the gamut. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with your week’s important culture news:

Julie Bartz is used to preventing goals for the Corona del Mar High girls’ soccer team, not scoring them.

Thomas Pieters holed a bunker shot for a closing birdie and shot a second-round 65 to take a one-stroke lead at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on Friday as top-ranked Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy moved into contention.

An autopsy report says retired star pitcher Roy Halladay had evidence of amphetamine, morphine and an insomnia drug in his system when he died in a small plane crash in Florida last year.

Florida is still under consideration for offshore oil drilling, a top Interior Department official said Friday, contradicting an announcement last week from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that energy exploration off the coast of Florida was “off the table.”

Florida is still under consideration for offshore oil drilling, a top Interior Department official said Friday, contradicting an announcement last week from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that energy exploration off the coast of Florida was “off the table.”

The NFL said Friday that the Oakland Raiders complied with the “Rooney Rule” when they hired Jon Gruden as head coach.

Andrew Landry lost his PGA Tour card after missing the cut in half his 18 events in 2016 and had to regain his status on the Web.com Tour last year. He shot a seven-under-par 65 Friday in the second round of the CareerBuilder Challenge in La Quinta and holds a one-shot lead.

This week in L.A.'s small-theater scene: Rising playwright Anna Ziegler's "A Delicate Ship" at the Road on Magnolia, Aaron Posner's "The Chosen" at the Fountain, "The Last Wife" at Theatre 40 and an exploration of Asian American identity, "Nothing Is the Same," at the Sierra Madre Theatre.

An outdoor advertising company could get another 10 years to install bus shelters, public toilets and other “street furniture” in Los Angeles, after lawmakers took steps Friday toward altering and extending a contract that has been a financial disappointment for the city.

Greg Critser, a Pasadena-based writer who explored fear and obsession in books about obesity, prescription drugs and aging, has died after a years-long fight with brain cancer. He was 63.

Wherever Jordan McLaughlin played, Andy Enfield followed.

That was Enfield’s routine after USC hired him to coach in 2013.

McLaughlin was a flashy playmaker at Etiwanda High and became Enfield’s priority recruit on the summer-league circuit.

Enfield said at the time that he knew McLaughlin was...

Rocker Tom Petty died last year from “multisystem organ failure” caused by accidental drug toxicity, the Los Angeles County Coroner said Friday.

Shortly after Charlie Beck announced he will retire as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, City Councilman Joe Buscaino declared on Twitter that it was time for a woman to take his place.

Nearly two decades have passed since the Jacksonville Jaguars played in the AFC championship game, so there are members of the organization who know something about patience.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck announced Friday that he will retire this summer, ending an eight-year tenure in which he shepherded the department through crippling budget woes, a stubborn uptick in crime and a national outcry over police killings of black men.

The lack of control demonstrated by the Clippers and Rockets, these highly paid, supposedly professional athletes, was appalling. First of all, they all were wearing "I Have A Dream" T-Shirts to honor Dr. King's legacy. Yet they proceeded to turn the contest into a Crips vs. Bloods-type confrontation.

Charlie Beck, hijo de un oficial de policía cuya propia carrera en el Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles abarcó cuatro décadas, anunció el viernes que no concluirá su segundo mandato, ya que se retirará este verano, terminando un período de ocho años como jefe de policía.