Новости за 04.12.2015

During the holidays, you often can't get away from dessert. Sugar-dusted cookies compete with snowy meringues for your attention. Your aunt insists that you have a piece of her famous fudge. Your grandmother's fruitcake has been steeping in rum for months, while her sister counters with homemade...

From the title of Lidia Bastianich's new cookbook, "Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine," you might be expecting an encyclopedic textbook, along the lines of Julia Child's classic masterwork from which it borrows the name. This book, the 14th from the popular restaurateur and public television...

A strong focus of the investigation into the San Bernardino shooting that killed 14 people is the background of Tashfeen Malik, who  pledged allegiance to an Islamic State leader in a Facebook posting, according to two federal law enforcement officials.

German lawmakers voted Friday to send troops and six aging reconnaissance planes to support the campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, approving a measure that avoided any mention of war in a proudly pacifist country still wary of combat more than seven decades after World War II.

So. Many. Men.

GQ's party celebrating its 20th anniversary Men of the Year issue was nothing if not masculine, filled with dudes of all flavors kicking it outdoors by the Chateau Marmont pool on Thursday night in Los Angeles.

With a hint of cigar smoke wafting around the hanging lights and heat...

USC will get a second chance -- with a new head coach -- to defeat Stanford on Saturday in the Pac-12 Conference championship game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

When there’s a chill in the air, chef Bernhard Mairinger of BierBeisl Imbiss in downtown Los Angeles enjoys a glass of warm, spiced red wine. Called glühwein, the seasonal beverage is super easy to make (sort of like a hot sangria), but it really takes the edge off the cold. And in Austria, December...

South African prosecutors on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Oscar Pistorius, after the double-amputee athlete's conviction in the death of his girlfriend was changed by an appeals court from reckless killing to the more serious charge of murder.

This is the time of year when publishers have put out their new and notable cookbooks, kind of like how studios are now releasing their serious films in time for awards season. And while the cookbook awards season comes in the spring, the holidays are maybe a more practical version of it, when...

Animal Planet Live! Reindeer Cam (Animal Planet Live); "Nick Offerman's 'Yule Log'" (My Tales of Whisky/YouTube). Two Web offerings ask the question, what is action? Animal Planet's live stream lets you watch reindeer -- you won't be wrong if you call them caribou -- in real time from the Como...

Barry Bonds is back in Major League Baseball. The all-time home run king is now the hitting coach for the Miami Marlins, the team announced Friday.

Every week, we bring you a roundup of students' stories from High School Insider. Students from more than 100 Southern California schools contribute to High School Insider and post their stories on latimes.com. If you - or your students - have stories to tell and would like to participate, check...

Director David Fincher was 7 when he saw the film book "Hitchcock/Truffaut" on his father's desk. He promptly picked it up and started to flip through the pages.

So a French chef walks into a Mexican restaurant. Maybe he has a bowl of cocido, maybe he doesn't. It is a good bowl of cocido; he may as well.

Mexican painter Diego Rivera may be known to many for his stunning murals, but an exhibition opening Dec. 12 at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana looks at his skill working with watercolors.

You aren’t imagining things. There really are a lot of craft breweries making IPAs, stouts and everything in between. The past few years have seen an explosion in brewery openings, and as of Dec. 1, there are officially more breweries in America than ever before, with no sign of the industry slowing...

Mark Zuckerberg’s gift horse is facing scrutiny, with the Facebook chief executive drawing criticism for creating a company, not a foundation, for the 99% of his Facebook shares that he plans to “give” away during his lifetime.

More from Trail Guide Dec. 3 Hillary Clinton on San Bernardino shooting: 'I want people to feel safe' Dec. 2 Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump react to San Bernardino shooting Dec. 1 Obama's advice for the next president: The White House isn't the campaign trail Nov. 30 Hillary Clinton's latest emails:...

Formerly owned by Andy Heyward, co-creator of the “Inspector Gadget” cartoon series, this Paul R. Williams traditional sits at the end of a long gated drive in the star-studded Bird Streets neighborhood.

The Boss is getting back to work.

Bruce Springsteen announced Friday that he'll tour North America early next year with the E Street Band, the veteran rocker's first extensive road show with his longtime backing group since 2014.

Called the River Tour, the nine-week trip -- due to launch Jan. 16...

California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris has approved a deal for new management at the Daughters of Charity Health System after another transaction for the troubled Catholic hospital group collapsed earlier this year.Harris gave her required approval late Thursday, allowing BlueMountain Capital Management...

"The issue of women in combat per se was no longer a question," said Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on Thursday as he declared that all jobs in the United States military would at last be open to all Americans. "It was a reality, because women had seen combat throughout the wars in Iraq and...

To the editor: Leonard Cassuto overlooks the obvious solution to the oversupply of PhDs: Reduce the supply. ("PhDs need real jobs too," Opinion, Nov. 30)

To the editor: The inundation of a local school race with money from billionaires is just another example of how the 1% seek to control government. We see this in efforts to privatize Social Security, Medicare, the U.S. Post Service, schools and prisons. ("PAC shielded $2.3 million in donations...

To the editor: You blame guns for the vile events in San Bernardino on Wednesday. Really? ("Horror in San Bernardino: The U.S. infatuation with guns is bordering on a society-wide suicidal impulse," editorial, Dec. 2)