Новости за 01.03.2018

Last week, Libby Schaaf, mayor of Oakland, took the logic of so-called sanctuary cities and states one step further by warning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned a raid on immigrants in the country illegally. Over the weekend, roughly 150 immigrants were apprehended in Northern...

To the editor: How many “strikes” does the tiny southeast Los Angeles County city of Maywood get? Not the corrupt officials, but the existence of Maywood as a city. (“A tiny city with huge problems, Maywood faces its biggest scandal yet,” Feb. 26)

To the editor: I read Virginia Heffernan’s op-ed article, “The David Hogg ‘crisis actor’ video wasn’t bullying. It was propaganda,” with eyebrows raised.

“I’ve never had an opening with a smoke machine before,” Zoe Buckman told the crowd standing before her Tuesday night.

To the editor: In his Op-Ed article defending the unchecked and seemingly unregulated proliferation of Bird electric scooters in West L.A., Conor Friedersdorf asserts, “Figuring out where exactly Birds fit next to cars, bikes and people, if they fit at all, is bound to involve trial and error,...

Russia has tested an array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can't be intercepted, President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday, marking a technological breakthrough that would dramatically increase Russia's military capability and boost the Kremlin's global position.

We’ve all sat in horror these last several months as some of the most influential and powerful men in the movie business have been accused of sexual abuse, harassment and assault. Yet, as a film buff, reading account after account of predatory men behind the scenes in Hollywood, it’s been impossible...

For a party halfway in the grave, the news thudded like another shovelful of dirt — thwack! — heaved atop its coffin: The Republican Party may soon slip into third place among registered California voters, trailing Democrats and self-declared independents.

At the 2017 Academy Awards, “Moonlight” — against all odds and the unfortunate envelope snafu — triumphed. It was a win many regard as a symbol of progress as Hollywood continues efforts to increase diversity and inclusion both behind and in front of the cameras. But what will Sunday’s Oscars ceremony...

This week I went on a strange trip, a pilgrimage to a place where common words and assumptions were flipped upside down and backward, where my vision blurred and I felt an unseen force trying to make my brain go stupid.

Soccer club LAFC builds a new soccer stadium near downtown Los Angeles

We can debate the reasons why “Moonlight” prevailed over “La La Land” in last year’s best picture race — maybe it was the movie that better reflected the moment, perhaps new voters gravitated toward a new sensibility, possibly an aversion to Ryan Gosling mansplaining jazz.

For decades, the 710 Freeway has been the commercial spine of Southern California, funneling the trucks carrying thousands of tons of furniture, clothes, televisions and other goods from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach into the region’s sprawling network of freeways and warehouses.

For an older generation looking at the Women's March on Washington, the protests on campuses and outside police stations, the sharp political polarization, it feels like 1968 again. A look at one of the most pivotal of years of the 20th century and its lessons for a newly divided America.

When Amazon.com approached Jason Johnson, founder and chief executive of August, nearly three years ago and asked to integrate his company’s internet-connected locks with a new device called the Amazon Echo, he thought it was a gimmick.

On March 1, 1968, thousands of students walked out of four Los Angeles high schools. Most were of Mexican descent; they marched for better teachers, better facilities and college prep courses. The walkouts spread to include 22,000 students across L.A. and ignited a generation of Chicano activism.

Preferential voting can produce an Oscar winner that may not receive the highest number of first-place votes. Starting with the 82nd Academy Awards, the best picture category expanded from five movies to as many as 10. The system aims to ensure that the film with the broadest support wins — which...

Some Taiwanese have long feared that China would try to take back the island by force. This week China tried a far gentler approach: measures to make it easier for Taiwanese to invest, work and study on the mainland.

Clint Wescott, who more than once refused nearly $20,000 that was due to him, was not interested in the messages except those that occasionally contained a dollar bill or two — enough to buy him some wine.

Nearly two years after California lawmakers approved a $2-billion bond to help finance new housing for the state’s homeless, not a penny has been spent, and it’s unclear when any of the money will be available.

It’s not as screwy as arming teachers, but increasing the legal age for buying a rifle or shotgun from 18 to 21 is also off target.

James Harden scored 17 of his 25 points in Houston's dominant first quarter, and the Rockets rolled past the Los Angeles Clippers 105-92 on Wednesday night for their 14th consecutive victory.