Новости за 24.12.2015

L.A.'s newest trendy boutique hotel — a luxurious 190-room property with not one but two rooftop pools — is expected to rise from the Sunset Strip this spring now that the developers have received $260 million in financing.

Southern California Gas Co., under pressure from Los Angeles, agreed Wednesday to speed up and broaden its relocation program for residents suffering ailments from a massive natural gas leak in the hills above Porter Ranch.Under terms agreed to in negotiations between the gas company and the Los...

Two species on Earth are known to use hook-shaped tools: humans and New Caledonian crows. And now, for the first time, the people have caught the birds using them on camera.

San Diego (4-10) at Oakland (6-8)

When: 5:15 p.m. Thursday

TV: NFL Network.

Line: Raiders by 5.

Over/under: 47.

Sam Farmer's pick: Might be the last game for the Raiders in Oakland. Fellow Los Angeles hopefuls Rams and Chargers were on fire in their home finales. Chargers could be primed for a...

New York Giants punter Brad Wing said that teammate Odell Beckham Jr. was threatened by an unidentified baseball bat-wielding man dressed in Carolina Panthers sweats during pregame warmups Sunday.

“Get ready to write a story about this,” Las Vegas Review-Journal Deputy Editor James Wright told his two best reporters as newspaper employees gathered for a mysterious staff meeting this month.Sitting on folding chairs in a cavernous, largely empty brick building, the journalists, ad salespeople...

We're sitting at a big slab of oak at a Little Tokyo watering hole, talking about the L.A. sports pathos — Kobe, Doc, the Dodgers, plus random bar chatter, such as how actors should never leave a hit TV show.

(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Architect Daniel Monti is framed by one of three angular windows inside his recently finished jewel box of a space called, "The Amoroso Project," made for a collector featuring video art installations in Venice. (Christina House / For The Times) The 1950s Santa...

 A Northern California mother's two-year quest to have her brain-dead daughter declared legally alive is moving to federal court after attempts to secure an order from a state judge ended in failure.

When Ethan Couch became a fugitive this month, the Texas sheriff calling for his arrest didn't bother to hide his disdain.

For once, the Kardashians have kept it simple, unveiling their annual holiday card featuring the family's youngest members.

The driver in the truck-versus-cars accident that left Tracy Morgan and three friends injured and comic James "Jimmy Mac" McNair dead was indicted Wednesday on charges that could subject him, if he's convicted, to decades in prison.

Walt Disney Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Bob Iger's compensation totaled $44.9 million in fiscal 2015, down about 3% from the previous year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday. 

Popeye's Bahamas Bowl

MIDDLE TENNESSEE (7-5) vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN (7-5)

When: 9 a.m. PST (ESPN). Where: Nassau, Bahamas.

Line: Western Michigan by 4 1/2. Series: First meeting.

Story line: Western Michigan, which has lost in all six of its previous appearances, is seeking the first bowl victory...

SolarCity announced plans Wednesday to cease operations in Nevada after regulators drastically cut benefits for retail solar owners.

Protesters blocked roads and snarled holiday traffic around the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday after staging a rally that briefly shut down part of the nation's largest mall.

USC seniors went through the Trojans’ traditional send-off Wednesday, running a gantlet of teammates as they exited from Howard Jones-Brian Kennedy Field.

(Jeff Amlotte / Los Angeles Times) Rangiroa, French Polynesia. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón in the Vedado neighborhood in Havana, Cuba. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) A cabin at the Tamarack Lodge in Mammoth Lakes. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)...

When we last looked at that second-base hole in the Dodgers lineup, it was a three-headed mess, and that wasn’t counting incumbent free agent Howie Kendrick.