Новости за 04.03.2018

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.

Good morning, and welcome to a special Sunday edition of the Essential California newsletter.

¡Ay! Eva Yerbabuena The international flamenco star performs solo dance pieces, with live accompaniment. Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Sun., 4 p.m. $50-$100. (949) 854-4646.

Aviara Piano Trio Works by Mendelssohn and Faure. Bradford House, 136 Palm Circle, Placentia. Sun., 3 p.m. Free; seating is limited. (714) 993-2470.

Capsule reviews are by Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.), Charles McNulty (C.M.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.).

Good morning, and welcome to a special Sunday edition of the Essential California newsletter.

Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died. He was 88.

Las avalanchas en dos de los centros turísticos de montaña más grandes de California agregaron un costado peligroso a la primera gran tormenta de nieve de la temporada e hirieron a algunas personas, mientras varios pies de nieve cubrieron la región.   El primer desplome azotó la estación de esquí...

Avalanches at two of California’s largest mountain resorts added a dangerous edge to the season’s first major snowstorm, injuring several people as several feet of snow blanketed the region.

Regarding Vietnamese currency tips (On the Spot, by Catharine Hamm, Feb. 18): Check and double-check with your bank or credit union about using an ATM or debit card overseas.

HIKING

Pacific Crest Trail

Experts will share tips on how to plan everything from a weekend hike to an extended backpacking trip or thru hike.

When, where: 7 p.m. Tuesday at the REI store at 214 N. Santa Anita Ave. in Arcadia

Admission, info: Free. (626) 447-1062 for Arcadia

JOSHUA TREE

Field class

Flowers, films, kite-flying, classical music art and planet friendliness are all on the agenda for March 9-11.

It’s easy to find Santa Cruz’s best-known spots — the sandy beaches, the boardwalk and the breathtaking cliff walks. But locals have a few secrets too. One of these is that this coastal town has a surprising number of high-quality bakery/cafés. It’s not clear how this happened, but we don’t ask...

Avalanches at two of California’s largest mountain resorts added a dangerous edge to the season’s first major snowstorm, injuring several people as several feet of snow blanketed the region.

Horse racing newsletter

I have made it a point to oppose the arch-conservatives, anarchists and extremists who rail unreservedly against the federal government in the West. I don’t think national monuments, for example, represent a government land grab; quite the opposite: They protect cherished territory from being given...

I don’t participate in Oscar pools. I don’t doggedly angle my way into Oscar parties. If a cookie in the likeness of a statuette is foisted upon me, I do what everyone does — I bite the head off first and dispose of the body later. The Academy Awards trigger a certain malaise, always have. It would...

To the editor: David Pilling says some accurate things about gross domestic product but derives unsupportable conclusions from it. His main argument is that GDP excludes environmental damage and therefore is substantially to blame for such harm. (“GDP, the yardstick of economic success, is choking...

To the editor: The Los Angeles Times should be applauded for its thoughtful discussion about problems in treating mentally ill homeless people. (“Treating and housing the mentally ill is harder than jailing them. But it might actually work,” editorial, Feb. 28)

To the editor: In 1968, sickened by the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., my dad, Preston Kline, moved to eliminate the sale of all firearms and ammunition from the sporting goods section of the Los Angeles-based Zody’s chain of discount stores. (“Dick’s Sporting Goods,...

South Korea plans to send a diplomatic delegation to North Korea this week, the latest effort to continue the inter-Korean dialogue made possible by the Winter Olympics.