Artist Tania Bruguera likely detained in Cuba over performance

Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera has been detained by authorities in Havana in advance of a controversial performance, according to statements issued by the artist's sister who resides in Italy. The piece consisted of installing a podium and an...

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Boys' basketball: Fairfax (10-0) wins tournament title behind Lorne Currie

Fairfax Coach Harvey Kitani said weeks ago he truly liked his team, and after the first month of the season, his instincts have proven correct. The Lions ended 2014 with a 10-0 record won their division championship in the Torrey Pines tournament on...

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Boys' basketball: Fairfax (10-0) wins tournament title behind Lorne Currie

Fairfax Coach Harvey Kitani said weeks ago he truly liked his team, and after the first month of the season, his instincts have proven correct. The Lions ended 2014 with a 10-0 record won their division championship in the Torrey Pines tournament on...

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Boys' basketball: Monday's scores

Boys basketball Chaminade tournament Chaminade 75, Curtis 56Valencia 60, Menlo 39 Birmingham 62, Marshall 52Santa Clara 39, Kennedy 35 Hart tournament Hart 89, Camarillo 65Righetti 60, Saugus 38Glendale 74, South Bakersfield 58Grant 88, Golden...

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Boys' basketball: Monday's scores

Boys basketball Chaminade tournament Chaminade 75, Curtis 56Valencia 60, Menlo 39 Birmingham 62, Marshall 52Santa Clara 39, Kennedy 35 Hart tournament Hart 89, Camarillo 65Righetti 60, Saugus 38Glendale 74, South Bakersfield 58Grant 88, Golden...

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Boys' basketball: Monday's scores

Boys basketball Chaminade tournament Chaminade 75, Curtis 56Valencia 60, Menlo 39 Birmingham 62, Marshall 52Santa Clara 39, Kennedy 35 Hart tournament Hart 89, Camarillo 65Righetti 60, Saugus 38Glendale 74, South Bakersfield 58Grant 88, Golden...

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Gunmen fire on LAPD patrol car in South L.A., prompting tactical alert

Two suspects fired on a police patrol car with a rifle in South Los Angeles late Sunday night, prompting a citywide tactical alert that resulted in the arrest of one suspect and a massive manhunt for the second individual, authorities said. The...

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Search for missing AirAsia Flight 8501 expands off Indonesian coast

Naval ships, small boats, helicopters and surveillance aircraft from four nations expanded the search Monday for a missing AirAsia jetliner in the waters off of Indonesia as investigators spotted the first potential clues to the flight's disappearance....

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Should a shoplifting conviction be an indelible scarlet letter? Not in California

What exactly is the appropriate punishment for someone who commits a low-level, nonviolent crime? Should a conviction for minor drug possession, shoplifting or writing a bad check result in a lifetime of stigma and denied opportunities, or do people...

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Lakers, without Kobe Bryant again, lose to Mavericks, 102-98

The Lakers played another game without Kobe Bryant and might have learned something about themselves. Mainly, they're not that bad sometimes. They played the Dallas Mavericks to a near-draw before falling Friday, 102-98, and were left to ponder a series...

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Lakers, without Kobe Bryant again, lose to Mavericks, 102-98

The Lakers played another game without Kobe Bryant and might have learned something about themselves. Mainly, they're not that bad sometimes. They played the Dallas Mavericks to a near-draw before falling Friday, 102-98, and were left to ponder a series...

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Ex-L.A. Unified teacher wins $3.35 million after firing from JROTC job

After Archie Roundtree and Gerardo Loera clashed at John H. Francis Polytechnic High School in Sun Valley, their careers quickly diverged. Roundtree lost his job and his teaching certification. Loera rose to become chief academic officer for the Los...

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Clippers use warming trend in fourth quarter to beat Warriors

All the Clippers wanted for Christmas in the first quarter Thursday was to make a shot. They missed 16 consecutive attempts during one stretch at Staples Center, their futility taking Coach Doc Rivers' oft-repeated contention that the NBA is a make-miss...

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Clippers use warming trend in fourth quarter to beat Warriors

All the Clippers wanted for Christmas in the first quarter Thursday was to make a shot. They missed 16 consecutive attempts during one stretch at Staples Center, their futility taking Coach Doc Rivers' oft-repeated contention that the NBA is a make-miss...

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Makers of 'American Sniper' press ahead to tell a tale of war and home

Jason Hall had just turned in his first draft of a script about Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. Bradley Cooper, who was producing the film and had agreed to star, was at a screening of "Silver Linings Playbook" for a group...

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Shawn Levy's 'Museum' debut had special effect on director

The first time 20th Century Fox offered Shawn Levy the job of directing "Night at the Museum," he passed. And the second time. And the third. And the fourth. And the fifth. Levy had directed the 2003 family comedy "Cheaper by the Dozen" for Fox, and...

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Lindbergh beacon atop L.A. City Hall shows Santa the way

The Lindbergh beacon, the revolving light atop City Hall that was turned on for the first time by President Calvin Coolidge in 1928, was lighted again Wednesday night in time for Christmas. "I want to make sure  Santa will get to the...

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The trip 'Into the Woods' is spooky, thoughtful, delightful

"Into the Woods," the deliciously arch, deceptively deep, fractured fairy tale with its soaring Sondheim showstoppers, has made it to the big screen virtually untouched by Hollywood's big, tall, terrible giants, whose meddling can so often make a mess...

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Lakers come to play while Kobe's away, stun Warriors without Bryant

For the first time this season, the crowd's reaction to the Lakers' player introductions at Staples Center did not reach its normal feverish climax when Kobe Bryant steps on the court. Bryant was not in the house Tuesday night. But even as a fatigued...

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Lakers come to play while Kobe's away, stun Warriors without Bryant

For the first time this season, the crowd's reaction to the Lakers' player introductions at Staples Center did not reach its normal feverish climax when Kobe Bryant steps on the court. Bryant was not in the house Tuesday night. But even as a fatigued...

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Lakers come to play while Kobe's away, stun Warriors without Bryant

For the first time this season, the crowd's reaction to the Lakers' player introductions at Staples Center did not reach its normal feverish climax when Kobe Bryant steps on the court. Bryant was not in the house Tuesday night. But even as a fatigued...

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Kings collapse late in 4-3 overtime loss to Flames

Frustrating and fascinating … often in the same game. Yes, that might be the best way to describe the Kings after the first 35 games of this season, heading into their short Christmas break. Exhibit A was unfurled Monday night at Staples Center. They...

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Kings collapse late in 4-3 overtime loss to Flames

Frustrating and fascinating … often in the same game. Yes, that might be the best way to describe the Kings after the first 35 games of this season, heading into their short Christmas break. Exhibit A was unfurled Monday night at Staples Center. They...

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