Новости за 23.09.2017

Puerto Rican officials could not communicate with more than half the towns in the U.S. territory as they rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people downstream of a failing dam and the massive scale of the disaster wrought by Hurricane Maria started to become clear.

Organizers of a far-right festival planned for the UC Berkeley campus have informed school officials that all of the events scheduled for the coming week have been canceled, officials said Saturday.

A stretch of water off Corona del Mar State Beach will be used to test sonar buoys that could help quickly alert lifeguards to sharks lurking near the coast, officials announced Friday.

Anyone thinking about visiting our neighbors south of the border this weekend might want to go on foot.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said the significant destruction and death toll from Tuesday’s earthquake in Mexico should prompt owners and local governments across California to get more buildings retrofitted to withstand quakes as soon as possible.

The transition began on a fateful day in late June when Chris Paul told the Clippers he wanted to leave in the worst possible way.

The phone rang at Michael Husted’s home in late October 1997, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker thought he knew what it meant.

Trent Sanders, a retired L.A. County sheriff’s deputy, remembers the raw power of the 1971 Sylmar earthquake and the wicked punch of the 1994 Northridge quake.

Thousands of villagers on the Indonesian resort island of Bali huddled Saturday in temporary shelters, sports centers and with relatives, fearing a volcano on the island will erupt for the first time in more than half a century.

Should a hotel chain make a judgment on the groups that hold conferences at one of its properties?

She had been walking for weeks across the Mexican desert, holding her 3-month-old boy to her chest. At 15 she had never left Guatemala before. When she ran out of water, she drank from puddles — if she could find them. Her breast milk dried up, and her baby grew weak with hunger. One day he began...

We are in between heat waves here in Los Angeles, which means we can take our time getting to farmers markets, consider eating something other than frozen dessert for dinner and maybe — gasp — even contemplate a little baking. Why not turn on the oven and watch footage of the recent September snowfall...

The commissioner of the National Football League says President Donald Trump's comments about players who kneel during the national anthem are "divisive" and show an "unfortunate lack of respect."

Hi, I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg, and this week, our books newsletter has gotten a little bit interactive. Read on to play.

New on Blu-ray:

“The Big Sick” (Lionsgate DVD, $29.95; Blu-ray, $39.99 also available on VOD)

Comedian Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon have turned their own one-of-a-kind love story into one of the year’s biggest indie hits: a funny, touching tale of family ties, health care woes,...

A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, causing new alarm in a country reeling from two still-more-powerful quakes this month that have killed nearly 400 people.

This contemporary residence, built in 1988, in Venice’s canal neighborhood presents itself as a happy marriage of eco-conscious features and minimalist design following a renovation by David Hertz.

The decision seemed fairly obvious in Stephen Curry’s mind, as the Warriors’ star player has remained vocally critical over President Donald Trump regarding his policies and his rhetoric.

Cindy Crawford has gone shopping on the Westside.

The supermodel and her husband, businessman Rande Gerber, have bought a Beverly Hills home from OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder and his wife, Genevieve, for $11.625 million.

Tedder and his wife worked with Alvarez Morris Architectural Studio to...

When CBS Corp. launched a stand-alone streaming service three years ago, some analysts wondered why consumers would spend nearly $6 a month to watch a TV channel that they could get over the air for free.

Question: I’ve been the treasurer of our 30-unit self-managed condominium association for more than 20 years and until recently the handling of buyer and refinance escrows and other paperwork for property transactions was a breeze.

Eight months after his Oscar win, the playwright is still paving paths. Hear McCraney on Phylicia Rashad in his play "Head of Passes" in L.A. and working with Oprah on a new show for TV.