Новости за 14.01.2018

The Minnesota Vikings are looking to paint the town purple.

The upstart Vikings are two wins away from becoming the first franchise to play in a Super Bowl in its own stadium.

Sunday’s game could be the toughest test. The New Orleans Saints don’t have quite the smothering defense of the Vikings,...

Immigration advocates are urging eligible DACA beneficiaries to take advantage of a court-ordered window and quickly renew the temporary permits that shield from deportation hundreds of thousands of “Dreamers” who came to the country illegally as children.

California Bucket List — one of the best things the Los Angeles Times has ever done. I looked forward every day to see what new adventure was awaiting me. Wish it would continue in 2018. I will miss it.

Will this be Ben’s revenge?

Three months ago, in a stunning 30-9 loss at home to Jacksonville, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had two of his 55 passes intercepted and run back for touchdowns. He had five picks on that day, and afterward would say, “Maybe I don’t have it anymore.”

After December’s fires and early January’s floods, any visit to Santa Barbara County will require homework.

The realization that houses might simply vanish didn’t start to set in until a 30-foot tree trunk barreled by.

YOSEMITE

Workshop

Experts will share tips on exploring Yosemite National Park and making the most of your adventures, including hiking, backpacking, rock climbing and bird watching.

When, where: 7 p.m. Wednesday at the REI store in Woodland Hills, 6220 Topanga Canyon Blvd.

Admission, info: Free....

I was driving California Highway 12 through the Napa-Sonoma wine country in mid-December when a low, dark cloud drifted into my peripheral vision. It was over a vineyard and seemed to be billowing — a scary sight after the October wildfires that killed at least 43 people and burned more than 245,000...

L.O.S.T.: Losing One’s Self Temporarily Diavolo presents this two-part evening length work. Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Dr., Irvine. Fri., 8 p.m. $48-$100. (949) 854-4646.

Camerata Pacifica Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 26, Messiaen’s “Appel interstellaire,” plus pieces by Ligeti, Britten and Bartók. Museum of Ventura County, 100 E. Main St., Ventura. Sun., 3 p.m. Also, Huntington Library, Ritchie Auditorium, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Tue., 7:30 p.m. $50, $56....

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.).

A powerful earthquake struck off Peru's coast early Sunday, destroying adobe structures and killing at least one person, according to officials.

From desert to ocean to the Wild West to the British Invasion, next weekend is a chance to play, sing, learn and maybe even do a little something to help others.

Horse racing newsletter

To the editor: The primary motive for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s summary granting of Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s offshore drilling exemption request for Florida likely went beyond the president’s desire to flip a U.S. Senate seat or to benefit his opulent Mar-a-Lago property. (“Democrats...

To the editor: Dan Schnur makes it seem like the departure of Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) from Congress is a bad thing. (“Ed Royce’s exit is going to make it even tougher to restore America's international reputation,” Opinion, Jan. 10)

To the editor: Perhaps “The death of common sense” would have been a better headline for the Jan. 8 article, “Apple should study how iPhone use might hurt kids, two big investors say.”

Let’s say your family wants to take a cruise, but dear old Dad — or Aunt Meghan or sister Sara — won't take the time or spend the money to get a passport, which they’ll need on many cruises.

A commercial airplane that skidded off a runway after landing in northern Turkey dangled precariously off a muddy cliff with its nose only a few feet from the sea.

Yenni Sanchez had thought her work was finished.

Spared from the threat of deportation by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, she campaigned to oust Joe Arpaio when he unsuccessfully ran for reelection as Maricopa County sheriff in 2016. She knocked on hundreds of doors...

Yenni Sanchez had thought her work was finished.

Spared from the threat of deportation by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, she campaigned to oust Joe Arpaio when he unsuccessfully ran for reelection as Maricopa County sheriff in 2016. She knocked on hundreds of doors...

Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country? Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor. That’s according to the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities...

The loud fight over what will happen to America’s “Dreamers” isn’t what it seems. For both sides, it’s a fig leaf used to mask their true intentions.

Glenn Simpson’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, released this week, is a tale of two research projects. One is about the financier turned criminal-justice crusader William F. Browder. The other is about the American president, Donald J. Trump. Taken together, they shed light on...

When Nathalie Gumpertz arrived in New York in 1858, she was 22, single and ready to build a life in her new country. Without thinking twice about her legal status, she got off the boat, made her way to the Lower East Side (then known as Klein Deutschland, or “Little Germany,” due to the preponderance...