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Cannes Film Festival lineup features movies by Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, Leos Carax | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-06-03/cannes-lineup-2021-announced-wes-anderson-sean-penn | null | The Cannes Film Festival on Thursday unveiled a lineup of films from big-name auteurs — including Wes Anderson, Asghar Farhadi, Mia Hansen-Løve and Sean Penn — for its 74th edition, an event that aims to make a stirring in-person return in July after being canceled last year because of the pandemic.
Among the films ... |
Biden announces international COVID-19 vaccine-sharing plan | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-03/biden-covid-19-vaccine-sharing-plan-international | null | President Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will donate 75% of its unused COVID-19 vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX global vaccine-sharing program, acting as more Americans have been vaccinated and global inequities have become more glaring.
Of the first tranche of 25 million doses, the White House said about 19 mill... |
Vanessa Bryant wants answers from Nike about leaked Mambacita shoes | https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2021-06-03/vanessa-bryant-wants-answers-from-nike-about-mambacita-shoes | null | Nike has some explaining to do.
Vanessa Bryant posted on Instagram early Thursday, upset that a pair of sneakers she worked on with the athletic wear giant in honor of her daughter Gianna were released to the public without her consent.
The shoes were supposed to be called “Mambacita” after Gigi’s nickname and have “... |
Latinx Files: John Paul Brammer and the making of a 'Queer Latino Dear Abby' | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/newsletter/2021-06-03/latinx-files-john-paul-brammer-hola-papi-latinx-files | null | When John Paul Brammer started “Hola Papi!” in 2017 for INTO, a digital magazine launched by gay dating app Grindr, he didn’t think it would get much audience response.
Since then, Brammer’s advice column, which he describes as a “Queer Latino ‘Dear Abby’ huffing poppers” and now lives on Substack, has become required... |
Jill Biden gets Delaware beach day for her 70th birthday | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-03/jill-biden-birthday-delaware-beach-day | null | Jill Biden is getting a day at the beach for her 70th birthday.
President Biden and his wife went to their Delaware beach house to celebrate the first lady’s milestone birthday on Thursday. The first lady was already at the house in Rehoboth Beach when the president arrived Wednesday evening.
She planned to spend a... |
What trainer Bob Baffert's suspension means to California racetracks | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-06-03/what-trainer-bob-baffert-suspension-means-to-california-tracks | null | Trainer Bob Baffert’s two-year suspension from Churchill Downs rocketed through the horse racing world Wednesday and overshadowed Saturday’s third leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes.
This story is going to be with us for a while as it makes its way through the courts. What does it mean for California tracks? ... |
Busted: 3 dangerous social-media myths about COVID-19 vaccines
| https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-03/covid-19-vaccine-myths-busted | null | Some COVID-19 vaccine myths are outrageously false. Yet they spread like wildfire on social media and can play a role in persuading some people to hold off on getting a shot.
Some of the people writing or spreading the myths are trying to attract attention or profit off of peddling lies, says Los Angeles County Public... |
The best way to see Temecula wine country? Try a balloon ride | https://www.latimes.com/travel/newsletter/2021-06-03/temecula-valley-wine-country-hot-air-balloon-escapes | null | Good morning, fellow Escapists. Summer is almost here, and with it come lots of opportunities to heat up, cool down and explore California.
In this edition of Escapes, you’ll find quintessential Golden State activities, including a hot-air balloon ride and reader-submitted ideas for the best places to find redwoods, a... |
Review: Spellbinding novelist Rivka Galchen's new book is a hysterical witch hunt | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-06-03/acclaimed-for-spellbinding-fiction-rivka-galchen-goes-on-a-witch-hunt | null | On the Shelf
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
By Rivka GalchenFarrar, Straus & Giroux: 288 pages, $27If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.
When challenged, former President Donald Trump often claimed he was the victim o... |
Queen Elizabeth II to meet with Biden at Windsor Castle next weekend | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-03/queen-elizabeth-meet-president-biden-windsor-castle | null | Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II will meet President Biden at Windsor Castle during his visit to Britain next week to attend the Group of Seven leaders’ summit.
The British monarch will host the president and First Lady Jill Biden on the final day of the June 11-13 summit, which will be held in Cornwall, in s... |
Review: ‘Undine’ is a strange, captivating mermaid-meets-man love story | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-06-03/review-undine-christian-petzold-german-mermaid-man-love-story | null | The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health officials.
The great German writer-direct... |
Review: Centuries before Marvel, there was the escapist pastoral. A witty new book traces its influence | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-06-03/before-the-superhero-movie-came-the-escapist-pastoral-a-writers-keen-defense-of-the-wispy-form | null | On the Shelf
Gallery of Clouds
By Rachel EisendrathNew York Review of Books: 160 pages, $20If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.
“Literature,” Rachel Eisendrath insists, “is a history of retrospection.” The observation comes... |
Magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattles San Jose | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-03/magnitude-3-6-earthquake-hits-near-clovis-calif | null | A magnitude 3.6 earthquake was reported at 5:15 a.m. Thursday a mile from San Jose, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The earthquake occurred five miles from Alum Rock, Calif.; seven miles from Milpitas; 10 miles from Fremont; and 12 miles from Santa Clara.
In the past 10 days, there has been one earthquake of... |
Rams' Cooper Kupp clears up mystery injury from last season | https://www.latimes.com/sports/rams/story/2021-06-03/rams-cooper-kupp-mystery-injury | null | In 2018, Rams receiver Cooper Kupp missed the team’s run to the Super Bowl because of a season-ending left knee injury.
Last season, a right knee injury sidelined Kupp for the NFC divisional-round playoff defeat to the Green Bay Packers.
Kupp said Wednesday that he was “feeling great” and had “no issues” post injury ... |
'The meeting that changed the world': Inside the first days of the Kardashian empire | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-06-03/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-kim-kris-oral-history-pilot-episode | null | When a marginally famous family made its reality TV debut in October 2007, Hollywood writers were on the brink of the longest work stoppage since 1988 and our long lost friend, the BlackBerry, was still riding high as the smartphone of choice. Instagram? Hadn’t been invented yet.
Modeled after MTV’s popular reality ... |
In Newport Coast, a furniture designer eyes $69.8 million for his gold palace | https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2021-06-03/newport-coast-furniture-designer-eyes-69-million-for-gold-palace | null | In Newport Coast, one of Southern California’s glitziest mansions is aiming for the highest price in Orange County history: $69.8 million.
Dubbed Palais de Cristal, the newly built Palladian-style stunner is a celebration of wealth — a 15,500-square-foot concoction of gold, onyx and glass filled with over-the-top spac... |
Clippers join Lakers on brink of elimination | https://www.latimes.com/sports/newsletter/2021-06-03/the-sports-report-clippers-lakers-dodgers-sports-report | null | Howdy, I’m your host, Iliana Limón Romero, filling in for Houston Mitchell, who’s on vacation (probably wondering why the Dodgers can’t score 11 runs in an inning every game). Let’s get right to the news.
Andrew Greif on the Clippers: It is typically inadvisable to go after the same rebound that Boban Marjanovic wants... |
Summer is coming. It's getting hotter. Can California keep the lights on? | https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2021-06-03/summer-is-coming-its-getting-hotter-can-california-keep-the-lights-on-boiling-point | null | This is the June 3, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.
It feels like just yesterday that California was roiled by rolling blackouts during an epic summer heat wave.
But that was nearly ... |
What's on TV Thursday: The season finales of 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Station 19' on ABC | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-06-03/whats-on-tv-thursday-the-season-finales-of-grays-anatomy-and-station-19-on-abc | null | During the coronavirus crisis, the Los Angeles Times is making some temporary changes to our print sections. The prime-time TV grid is on hiatus in print but an expanded version is available in your daily Times eNewspaper. You can find a printable PDF online at: latimes.com/whats-on-tv.
Manifest The consequences of B... |
Q&A: Filmmaker Theo Anthony discusses the intersection between surveillance and policing | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-06-03/theo-anthony-all-light-everywhere-documentary-surveillance-policing | null | On April 20, Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. Cities across the nation breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the verdict, a culmination of the year-long racial reckoning that sparked conversations of systemic racism and injustice in the United States.
The catalyst was a nine-minute-and-29-sec... |
Column: Who will fill Eli Broad's philanthropic shoes? How about nobody? | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-06-03/who-will-fill-eli-broads-philanthropic-shoes-how-about-nobody | null | Every February, writer and cultural critic William Poundstone publishes a post he calls “Groundhog Day” on his perceptive and affable blog, Los Angeles County Museum on Fire, which looks at how Los Angeles has historically been described in the media.
The annual aggregation of quotes — culled from six decades of chees... |
First priority for anti-Netanyahu coalition: Stay united long enough to get sworn in | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-03/netanyahu-lambastes-opposition-coalition-stay-united | null | In grave danger of losing his job, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out Thursday at the “dangerous” coalition that aims to unseat him, calling it a left-wing cabal when it in fact includes leading figures from Israel’s political right.
The country’s longest-serving leader unleashed his fury as his rivals strov... |
Review: 'Bad Tales' is a sour take on dysfunctional families in a Roman suburb | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-06-03/review-bad-tales-d-innocenzo-brothers | null | The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health officials.
If all roads lead to Rome, one... |
Essential California: Cowabunga, dude! Surfing in El Salvador | https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2021-06-03/california-surfing-el-salvador-essential-california | null | Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, June 3. I’m Brittny Mejia, coming to you from Los Angeles.
Times staff writer Kevin Baxter takes us on a journey to a 13-mile stretch of Salvadoran shoreline that has turned into one of the world’s newest surfing meccas — thanks, in part... |
Angels pitching to be playoff contender with easier schedule ahead | https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2021-06-03/angels-pitching-playoff-contender-easy-schedule | null | Manager Joe Maddon has made it clear. General manager Perry Minasian, too.
The Angels are not where they want to be through 55 games, stuck in fourth place in the American League West with a 25-30 record. They’ve battled injuries. They’ve suffered from inconsistent pitching. They’ve struggled to produce extended stre... |
His lonely war in Room 533: How a COVID patient fought to keep his life from crumbling | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-03/deathly-covid-patient-fights-for-life-la-legacy | null | As a boy in Compton, Richard Perry raised pigeons that were bred to tumble in the air. Now, as he lay in a hospital bed fighting to breathe, drifting in and out of consciousness, he saw his birds somersaulting across the sky.
For the four weeks that COVID-19 tried to kill him, Richard had nothing to do but wander thro... |
'A dangerous time' in Myanmar: Burmese in California struggle for answers, attention | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-03/myanmar-burmese-diaspora-reaction | null | Banny Hong sighed as he sat at his Burmese restaurant on a recent weekday, recounting the violence that has swept through his homeland since a military coup four months ago.
Two portraits of Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi decorated the wall before him, flanking a photograph of Yangon, the nation’s largest ... |
Keeping up with the Kardashian empire: A brief guide to the family business | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-06-03/kim-kardashian-kourtney-khloe-kris-jenner-kylie-kendall-family-businesses | null | “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” is more than a TV show — it’s an empire. And when the reality show shuts down June 10 after 20 seasons on E!, the family’s entrepreneurial machinery will keep on humming.
The relationship between series and the empire has been there from the start, with the former seen as a potenti... |
The Times podcast: A revolt in Northern California with national importance | https://www.latimes.com/podcasts/story/2021-06-03/the-times-podcast-cottonwood-militia-shasta-county | null | Listen to this episode of The Times: Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Google
On January 5, 2021, one day before the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters, there was a breach of another government building — in Northern California. Dozens of people, angered by COVID-19 lockdowns, let themselves into a... |
Slammed by COVID-19 shutdown, San Luis Obispo boosts Newsom recall | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-03/how-covid-shutdowns-led-purple-san-luis-obispo-to-boost-newsom-recall-effort | null | Though in-person service came and went at the Paso Robles winery Paix Sur Terre during the pandemic, alcohol consumption skyrocketed, making for winemaker Ryan Pease’s “best year ever.”
But despite personal gains, Pease couldn’t shake the feeling of guilt when talking to neighbors who struggled to run restaurants and ... |
Editorial: California Supreme Court should look beyond this case and end capital punishment | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-03/california-supreme-court-death-sentence-mcdaniels-jury | null | The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that could have a far-reaching impact on one of the state’s thorniest issues: capital punishment. No decision is expected until later this summer, but the court could throw out the death sentence for convicted murderer Don’te McDaniel because the jur... |
Chinese tech giant Tencent expands footprint in Playa Vista | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-06-03/chinese-tech-company-tencent-expands-footprint-in-playa-vista | null | Chinese tech giant Tencent is significantly expanding its footprint in Los Angeles, opening an office in Playa Vista that could house 300 employees.
The Shenzhen, China-based developer of games such as “Honor of Kings” previously divided its U.S. division’s L.A. employees across three offices in Santa Monica, Claremon... |
Freedom from masks is coming for the vaccinated. Will it push skeptics to get their shots? | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-03/california-vaccine-covid-19-masks-herd-immunity | null | It’s never been easier to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Clinics are plentiful and increasingly mobile — and so many doses are available that California is even offering cash prizes of more than a million dollars in hopes of enticing holdouts.
But with the state now less than two weeks away from fully reopening, one mor... |
California's top court weighs overturning hundreds of death penalty sentences | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-03/california-top-court-considers-monumental-changes-to-death-penalty | null | For decades, California’s highest court has left it up to individual jurors to decide whether certain circumstances increase the severity of a crime and thereby warrant the death penalty in murder cases that qualify for the ultimate punishment.
On Wednesday, the state Supreme Court heard arguments on a change to that ... |
Tito Ortiz was hailed as Huntington Beach's Donald Trump. Where does the city go now? | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-03/tito-ortiz-resigns-where-does-huntington-beach-go-now | null | From the moment Tito Ortiz entered the political arena in Huntington Beach, some of his supporters saw him as the local government version of Donald Trump.
The former MMA star sailed through Huntington Harbour on his boat with “Trump” banners flying. His campaign slogan was “Make Huntington Beach Safe Again,” but his ... |
Today's Headlines: Will going 'mask-free' move the needle? | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/newsletter/2021-06-03/masks-vaccine-incentives-todays-headlines | null | For the vaccinated in California, the prospect of not having to wear a mask is coming. Will it push skeptics to get their shots?
Will Going ‘Mask-Free’ Move the Needle?
It’s never been easier to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Clinics are plentiful and increasingly mobile — and so many doses are available that Californi... |
Rachel Garcia takes the torch from mentor Lisa Fernandez at UCLA and on Team USA | https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/story/2021-06-03/rachel-garcia-lisa-fernandez-ucla-softball-college-world-series-olympics | null | As much as she’s known for flummoxing hitters with a devastating rise ball or smashing home runs, Rachel Garcia is recognized for her stone-faced expression while she does it all. UCLA’s star pitcher shows nothing more than a smirk if she gives up a home run and simply purses her lips for a split second if she disagree... |
Column: California already has strong gun laws. But to save lives we have to use them | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-03/skelton-ca-gun-laws-san-jose-red-flag-california | null | If we really want to reduce mass shootings — all gun violence — we’ve got to become snitches on our co-workers, family members and maybe exes.
When they’re acting scary — threatening people, talking about wanting to kill, beating up someone — we’ve got to rat them out to law enforcement.
Cops can investigate and find... |
Review: 'Super Frenchie' skims the surface of adrenaline junkie | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-06-03/review-super-frenchie-skiing-matthias-giraud | null | The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health officials.
For an extreme sports document... |
Editorial: Adding up California's new-new-newest math | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-03/editorial-adding-up-californias-new-new-newest-math | null | Contrary to the ill-informed criticisms that are circulating, a new mathematics proposal for California schools would not take the rigor — or the emphasis on finding correct answers — out of math. It would almost certainly make math more interesting to a lot of students. And it would get rid of the crazy requirement, a... |
Anthony Mackie, Paul Rudd kick off the opening of Disney's Avengers Campus | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-06-03/anthony-mackie-paul-rudd-photos-kick-off-the-opening-of-disneys-avengers-campus | null | On the eve of Disney’s first media preview of the the new Avengers Campus at California Adventure, actors Anthony Mackie and Paul Rudd made an appearance to celebrate the opening of the new segment of the park.
As represented in the Marvel films Mackie, the first Black Captain America, presented California Adventure’... |
Hernández: Clippers need to stare down history and Luka Doncic to avoid cursed ending | https://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/story/2021-06-03/clippers-curse-game-5-loss-mavericks-luka-doncic | null | There are new voices.
“I think we’re fine,” coach Tyronn Lue said.
Yet here they are again, on the precipice of another disaster.
There is renewed determination.
“We’re confident,” Paul George said.
Yet here they are again, on the brink of another humiliating expulsion from the postseason.
Video highlights from ... |
Needing two wins to advance, Lakers could be down two players for Game 6 | https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2021-06-03/lakers-suns-game-6-preview-anthony-davis-kcp-chris-paul | null | Can the Lakers find hope amidst the chaos, their season teetering on shaky legs and sprained muscles, with their much-celebrated togetherness threatened under the stresses of failure?
Can they survive the premature autopsies, the talk about LeBron James’ early retreat to the locker room and a fresh round of concerns a... |
With 50 days to go, 10,000 Tokyo Olympics volunteers have dropped out | https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2021-06-03/10000-volunteers-drop-out-tokyo-olympics | null | About 10,000 of 80,000 unpaid volunteers for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have told organizers that they will not participate when the Games open July 23.
The pullouts came as a countdown clock in Tokyo on Thursday reminded passersby that there are just 50 days to go until the pandemic-delayed Summer Games begin... |
Buckingham Palace barred nonwhites from office jobs in the 1960s, report says | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-03/buckingham-palace-barred-nonwhites-office-jobs-1960s | null | Buckingham Palace barred ethnic minorities from office jobs during the 1960s, the Guardian newspaper reported Thursday, citing documents in Britain’s National Archives.
The revelation, published on the newspaper’s front page, was based on papers showing that Queen Elizabeth II’s chief financial manager told civil serv... |
Federal prosecutors want more prep time for civil rights trial in George Floyd death | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-03/federal-prosecutors-want-more-time-trial-george-floyd-death | null | Prosecutors are asking a judge for more time to prepare for the federal trial of four former police officers facing civil rights charges in the death of George Floyd, calling the case unusual and complex, in part because of the sheer volume of evidence.
A federal grand jury indicted Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Alex... |
Op-Ed: Migrant children are being sheltered at Pomona's Fairplex. It's not the first time the fairgrounds has housed detainees | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-03/pomona-fairplex-mass-shelter-migrant-children-history-of-detainment | null | Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the billboard along the eastbound 10 Freeway at Dudley Street in Pomona invariably promoted events at the Fairplex that included expos and one of the largest county fairs in the United States. Today, something far more serious than carnival rides and arts and crafts competitions is occurr... |
As COVID-19 collides with HIV/AIDS, the pandemic may be taking an ominous turn | https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-06-03/why-reaching-herd-immunity-in-the-u-s-wont-be-enough-to-protect-us-from-covid-19 | null | As the world’s less affluent countries scramble for COVID-19 vaccine and contend with deadly surges of the disease, researchers in South Africa have just documented an ominous development: the collision of the pandemic with HIV/AIDS.
Geneticists and infectious disease specialists there have uncovered potentially dange... |
Letters to the Editor: Skip the hybrid and buy a fully electric car already | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-03/buy-an-electric-car | null | To the editor: Glad to see that columnist Steve Lopez has finally taken a step he could have taken a full decade ago by buying a plug-in hybrid vehicle, which has limited all-electric range and a gasoline engine backup. Better late than never.
Charging infrastructure is needed for more people to go full electric, but... |
Letters to the Editor: 100 years after the Tulsa massacre, denial of systemic racism persists | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-03/100-years-tulsa-massacre-systemic-racism | null | To the editor: The Times’ editorial on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre describes the current situation in which “Black Americans have less access to healthcare, face more hurdles in accumulating wealth and accessing capital, often are educated in de facto segregated schools, and face harsher police scrutiny... |
Chief Michel Moore: Inequities in policing are a reflection of a racially biased society | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-03/chief-michel-moore-racially-biased-policing | null | To the editor: Thank you for your editorials advocating for police reform instead of defunding. Today’s Los Angeles Police Department is the most reformed, and perhaps the most reform-minded, large police department in the nation. Our nation yearns for policing that reflects our shared values of racial equity and fair,... |
Litman: Whatever Trump's White House counsel finally testifies to, it won't be enough | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-03/don-mcgahn-testimony-donald-trump-merrick-garland | null | On Friday, more than two years after Congress subpoenaed his testimony, Donald Trump’s White House Counsel Don McGahn will finally raise his hand and promise to tell the truth.
But not the whole truth.
The ground rules for McGahn’s testimony have been carefully negotiated to prevent full public disclosure. He will an... |
In prison video, Belarusian dissident jailed after flight diversion says he was set up | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-03/belarus-dissident-roman-protasevich-prison-video-forced-landing | null | A dissident journalist arrested after Belarus diverted the commercial flight he was traveling on said in a video from prison that he was set up by an unidentified associate.
The footage of Roman Protasevich was part of an hourlong TV program aired late Wednesday by Belarus’ government-controlled ONT channel. In the vi... |
‘They were my neighbors and friends’: India’s second COVID wave ravages the countryside | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-03/india-covid-rural | null | One by one, the villagers fell sick.
It started with a fever, then breathlessness. By then, it was too late. There was no medicine, oxygen or hospital nearby to save them. Their bodies had to be carried by family to the river and cremated.
“I knew all of them,” said Jitendra Hari Pandey, who estimated that more than ... |
Last year's Castle fire killed at least 10% of world’s giant sequoias, study says | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-03/california-castle-fire-killed-one-tenth-world-giant-sequoias | null | At least one-tenth of the world’s mature giant sequoia trees were destroyed by a single California wildfire that tore through the southern Sierra Nevada last year, according to a draft report prepared by scientists with the National Park Service.
The Visalia Times-Delta obtained a copy of the report, which describes ... |
Review: Weirdness upon weirdness, 'Caveat' stacks the horror on decay | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-06-03/review-caveat-horror | null | One reason why horror is such a popular genre for filmmakers on a tight budget is that it doesn’t take much money to give an audience the creeps. In Damian Mc Carthy’s “Caveat,” all the writer-director needs is a ragged rabbit toy, some grotesquely contorted faces, and a few tiny portals and passageways that offer glim... |
A new Huntington Beach mayor pro tem is named to replace Tito Ortiz | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-02/barbara-delgleize-named-huntington-beach-mayor-pro-tem-replacing-tito-ortiz | null | The Huntington Beach City Council has chosen Councilwoman Barbara Delgleize as its new mayor pro tem, replacing Tito Ortiz after he resigned Tuesday night, citing a barrage of personal attacks.
Delgleize was nominated by Councilman Erik Peterson, and her appointment was approved unanimously by the City Council in a sp... |
Cody Bellinger hits grand slam as Dodgers score 11 in first inning to rout Cardinals | https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2021-06-02/cody-bellinger-grand-slam-dodgers-score-11-first-inning-rout-cardinals | null | And now we resume our regularly scheduled programming, with the Dodgers laying waste to the National League West.
That might be a bit of hyperbole, considering the team currently occupies third place in the division. But it might not.
The Dodgers could move back into first place by the end of the weekend and, if they... |
Costa Mesa pulls strings on a mask mandate that caused controversy but netted few citations | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-02/costa-mesa-undoes-the-strings-on-a-mask-mandate-that-caused-controversy-but-netted-few-citations | null | A mandate requiring facial coverings for all who enter Costa Mesa — in place for more than a year and fuel for frequent debates between pandemic rule followers and anti-maskers — was repealed this week in favor of less strict state guidelines.
City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison imposed the measure in April 2020 to... |
Clippers can't contain Luka Doncic, lose Game 5 and control of series | https://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/story/2021-06-02/clippers-mavericks-game-5-luka-doncis-dallas-3-2-lead | null | It is typically inadvisable to go after the same rebound that Boban Marjanovic wants.
At 7-foot-4, with a reach as wide as a Texas live oak and hands like baseball mitts, Dallas’ center owns much of the airspace near the rim. When a Mavericks shot caromed off the rim early in the third quarter Wednesday, he grabbed ho... |
High school girls’ lacrosse: Southern Section playoff results and updated pairings | https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2021-06-02/high-school-girls-lacrosse-southern-section-playoff-results-wednesday | null | SOUTHERN SECTION GIRLS’ LACROSSE
DIVISION 1
Quarterfinals, Wednesday
Foothill 17, Newport Harbor 2
Redondo 8, Mater Dei 6
Newbury Park 8, San Clemente 7
Santa Margarita 16, Palos Verdes 14
Semifinals, Saturday
Foothill 20, Redondo 8
Newbury Park 14, Santa Margarita 8
Championship, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
#3 Newbur... |
High school volleyball: City boys’ and girls’ playoff results and updated pairings | https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2021-06-02/high-school-volleyball-city-boys-and-girls-playoff-results-and-updated-pairings | null | CITY GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL
OPEN DIVISION
Semifinals
Palisades def. Venice, 25-9, 25-14, 21-25, 25-16 (Thursday)
Granada Hills def. Chatsworth, 25-10, 25-13, 23-25, 15-14 (Wednesday)
Championship, Saturday
Palisades def. Granada Hills, 25-17, 25-15, 25-18
DIVISION I
Semifinals as noted
Sylmar def. Granada Hills Ken... |
High school girls’ basketball: Southern Section playoff results and updated pairings | https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2021-06-02/high-school-girls-basketball-southern-section-playoff-results-wednesday | null | SOUTHERN SECTION GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
OPEN DIVISION
Wednesday, 7 p.m. unless noted
POOL A
Corona Centennial 97, Windward 71
West Torrance 61, Orangewood Academy 56
POOL B
Mater Dei 78, Lynwood 70
Harvard-Westlake 61, Etiwanda 51
Saturday, 7 p.m. unless noted
POOL A
#4 Orangewood Academy (0-2) at #1 Corona Cente... |
Huntington Beach city attorney criticizes City Council after age bias case is settled | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-02/huntington-beach-city-attorney-clashes-with-city-council-after-age-discrimination-case-settled | null | The Huntington Beach City Council meeting this week featured not only the sudden resignation of Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz, but also a rare move by City Atty. Michael Gates, who spoke before the council during public comments.
The move came in the aftermath of the city settling a $2.5-million lawsuit that alleged age di... |
Roundup: Mater Dei, Harvard-Westlake set up Friday showdown to decide girls' basketball berth | https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2021-06-02/mater-dei-harvard-westlake-saturday-showdown-girls-basketball | null | Santa Ana Mater Dei (17-0) and Harvard-Westlake (22-2) each won their Open Division Pool B girls’ basketball playoff games on Wednesday night, setting up a Friday showdown at Mater Dei to decide the pool champion and a berth in next weekend’s Open Division championship game. Both are 2-0.
Harvard-Westlake defeated Eti... |
High school baseball: Southern Section wild-card playoff results and updated pairings | https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2021-06-02/high-school-baseball-southern-section-wild-card-playoff-results-and-updated-pairings | null | SOUTHERN SECTION BASEBALL
DIVISION 1
First round, Thursday, 3:15 p.m. unless noted
#1 JSerra, bye
Chaminade at Capistrano Valley, Friday
Yucaipa 15, Vista Murrieta 4 (Wednesday)
South Hills at Damien
Santa Margarita at Huntington Beach
Redondo at Corona
Crescenta Valley at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
Beckman at #... |
NASA picks Venus as hot spot for two new robotic missions | https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-06-02/nasa-picks-venus-as-hot-spot-for-two-new-robotic-missions | null | NASA is returning to sizzling Venus, our closest but overlooked neighbor, after decades of exploring other worlds.
The space agency’s new administrator, Bill Nelson, announced two new robotic missions to the solar system’s hottest planet, during his first major address to employees Wednesday.
“These two sister missio... |
Marvel superheroes rock Disneyland Avengers Campus: photos | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-06-02/marvel-superheroes-rock-disneyland-avengers-campus-photos | null | Spider-Man takes to the air when an acrobatic robot is launched 65 feet into the sky at the Avengers Campus preview at Disney’s California Adventure today.
The new portion of the theme park will feature a ride based on Spider-Man, a food court set in a scene from “Guardians of the Galaxy” and performances from Doctor... |
At Disney's Avengers Campus, a moving Black Panther moment of silence and Spider-Man webs | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-06-02/first-impressions-disney-california-adventures-spider-man-ride | null | This morning I walked through a new land at Disney California Adventure — the first proper space dedicated to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in one of Disney’s North American parks — and what I remember most is a moment of silence, a collective pause clearly dedicated to the late Chadwick Boseman, the star of “Black Pan... |
Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure sneak peek shows a new ride and lots of tech | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-06-02/avengers-campus-disney-california-adventure-park-disneyland | null | A new Marvel superhero-themed land is set to open at Disney California Adventure on Friday, just in time to take advantage of pent-up demand for big-thrill theme park rides, high-calorie snacks and pricey souvenirs.
The six-acre Avengers Campus was scheduled to open last July but was put on hold because of the COVID-1... |
Coronavirus Today: Pedals, pals and the pandemic | https://www.latimes.com/science/newsletter/2021-06-02/ridewitus-cycling-kellie-hart-coronavirus-today | null | Good evening. I’m Russ Mitchell, and it’s Wednesday, June 2. Here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond.
I’ve been through a few fires here in the Bay Area, including the Oakland Hills firestorm of 1991, and I’ve hiked through the aftermath of several more that have blazed through Point Reye... |
California to pay $2 million in churches' legal fees over coronavirus closures | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-02/california-to-pay-legal-fees-over-church-coronavirus-closures | null | The state of California has agreed not to impose greater coronavirus restrictions on church gatherings than it does on retail establishments in a pair of settlements that provide more than $2 million in fees to lawyers who challenged the rules as a violation of religious freedom.
A deal approved Tuesday by a federal j... |
Amid India reports, Garcetti says conversations with Biden will remain private | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-02/garcetti-diplomacy-india | null | Since the news broke that he might be President Biden’s pick for U.S. ambassador to India, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has waved off the reports, calling them speculative.
He did so again on Wednesday, at a news conference where he signed the city budget, saying he would talk when there was an actual job offer.
B... |
Resentencing denied for mom in torture-murder case of Gabriel Fernandez | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-02/gabriel-fernandez-mother-torture-murder-resentencing | null | A judge this week rejected a resentencing request by a Palmdale woman who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her 8-year-old-son, who died after months of beatings, starvation and torture, including being forced to eat cat feces and sleep handcuffed in a small wooden drawer.
Pearl Sinthia Fernandez, ... |
SoCal small-space living: 41 homes that inspire | https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-06-02/lofts-bungalows-adus-la-small-space-living | null | Small-space living doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice style or succumb to clutter. It just requires creative thinking.
Whether you live in an apartment, loft, bungalow, ADU — or even a trailer — living small can be an empowering opportunity for you to think big while living with less.
Southern California homes are ... |
San Diego police adopt new rules on interactions with transgender, nonbinary individuals | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-02/san-diego-police-transgender-nonbinary-rules | null | Police officers in San Diego must refer to transgender and nonbinary individuals by their pronouns, allow them to choose the gender of the officer who searches them, must take them to the jail facility that aligns with the person’s gender identity, according to a policy implemented Tuesday.
Police Chief David Nisleit... |
After a brutal year, UFC owner Endeavor mounts a comeback | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-06-02/endeavor-ipo-first-quarter-profits-ufc-agency-business | null | Endeavor Group Holdings Inc., the powerful owner of UFC and the WME talent agency that was on the ropes a year ago, appears to be staging a Hollywood comeback.
About a month after going public, Endeavor posted a profit of $2.4 million in the first quarter, compared with a staggering loss of $51.3 million a year earlie... |
Katie Hill ordered to pay $220,000 in attorneys' fees in revenge porn case | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-02/katie-hill-attorneys-fees-revenge-porn | null | Former Rep. Katie Hill has been ordered to pay about $220,000 in attorneys’ fees to a British tabloid and two conservative journalists she sued in her unsuccessful revenge porn lawsuit.
Hill accused them of violating the law by publishing intimate pictures without her consent. The lawsuit was thrown out earlier this y... |
Stocks manage modest gains overall; AMC nearly doubles | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-06-02/stocks-manage-modest-gains-overall-amc-nearly-doubles | null | Wall Street wrapped up another wobbly day of trading Wednesday with modest gains for the major stock indexes, as energy and technology companies kept losses elsewhere in the market in check.
The benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 0.1% after wobbling between a gain of 0.4% and a loss of 0.1%. Strength in techno... |
Prosecutors seek 30-year sentence for Derek Chauvin; defense wants probation, time served | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-02/prosecutors-seeking-30-year-sentence-for-derek-chauvin | null | Prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death, but a defense attorney is asking that Derek Chauvin be sentenced to probation and time already served, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
Chauvin is scheduled to be sentenced Ju... |
California urges EPA to let state set car-emissions standard | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-06-02/california-urges-epa-to-let-state-set-car-emissions-standard | null | Officials from California, New York and other states urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to allow California to set its own automobile tailpipe pollution standards, an action that would reverse a Trump administration policy and could help usher in stricter emissions standards for new passenger v... |
NHL draft lottery: Ducks drop to 3rd, Kings 8th; Buffalo Sabres get first pick | https://www.latimes.com/sports/hockey/story/2021-06-02/nhl-draft-lottery-ducks-3rd-kings-8th-buffalo-first | null | The Ducks will have the third pick in the NHL’s annual draft, a spot determined Wednesday by the league’s draft lottery.
They moved down from No. 2, based on their regular-season finish of 30th among the NHL’s 31 teams. They entered the draft lottery with a 12.1% chance of getting the first overall selection, behind o... |
Government use of Chinese drones in limbo as Congress weighs ban | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-02/government-use-of-chinese-drones-in-limbo-as-congress-weighs-ban | null | More than a year after the U.S. Interior Department grounded hundreds of Chinese-made drones it was using to track wildfires and monitor dams, volcanoes and wildlife, it’s starting to look like they won’t be flying again anytime soon — if ever.
A measure moving through Congress would impose a five-year ban on U.S. gov... |
More than 100 LGBTQ candidates compete in Mexican election | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-02/mexico-election-lgbtq-candidates | null | For years, transgender activist Roshell Terranova protested in the streets and knocked on the doors of Mexico’s Congress to make the demands of the country’s LGBTQ community known. Now thanks to her efforts and an electoral rule change, Terranova is running for Congress in a first for Mexico.
Terranova will be one of ... |
Etsy to buy Depop for $1.6 billion to attract young shoppers | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-06-02/etsy-to-buy-depop-for-1-6-billion-to-attract-young-shoppers | null | Etsy Inc., the online marketplace for crafts and vintage items, is buying secondhand fashion app Depop for $1.63 billion as it seeks to expand its customer base and attract younger users.
The deal will create “significant opportunities for shared expertise and growth synergies” between the two e-commerce sites as the ... |
In Compton, voters poised to choose experience over history for mayor | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-02/compton-mayor-update | null | It was a campaign for Compton mayor pitting a 70-year-old councilwoman with years of political experience and a 26-year-old real estate agent with a chance to become the city’s first Latino mayor.
On Wednesday, the veteran seemed poised to win.
Emma Sharif, who has been on the City Council since 2015, has secured a... |
Review: 'Spirit Untamed' a grounded, sweet film with a moving message | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-06-02/review-spirit-untamed-dreamworks-animation-horses | null | The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health officials.
While reading the credits of t... |
Lakers' Anthony Davis and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope game-time decisions for Game 6 | https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2021-06-02/lakers-anthony-davis-kentavious-caldwell-pope-game-time-decisions-game-6 | null | Lakers Anthony Davis and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope both are game-time decisions for Game 6 Thursday night against the Phoenix Suns at Staples Center.
Davis didn’t play in Game 5 in Phoenix on Tuesday night because he has a strained groin suffered Sunday in Game 4.
Caldwell-Pope started Game 5, but was unable to finis... |
Review: Why the fun kids' musical from Geffen Playhouse made this mom cry (in a good way) | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-06-02/geffen-playhouse-kids-musical-review | null | A few minutes into the first song in the Geffen Playhouse’s new virtual musical for kids, “The Door You Never Saw Before,” I found myself weeping while the children sitting with me in the dining room stared in embarrassed horror, double-checking that I was not on the Zoom screen we shared with about a dozen other eleme... |
Meat producer JBS starts to reopen most plants sidelined by cyberattack | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-06-02/jbs-meat-plants-reopen-after-cyberattack | null | JBS is starting to at least partially reopen most idled beef plants across North America and Australia after a cyberattack forced the world’s largest meat producer to halt operations.
The Brazilian food giant said late Tuesday that it had made “significant progress” to resolve the attack and would have the “vast major... |
NFL pledges to halt 'race-norming' and review brain injury claims by Black players | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-06-02/nfl-pledges-halt-race-norming-review-black-claims | null | The NFL on Wednesday pledged to halt the use of “race-norming” — which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function — in the $1-billion settlement of brain injury claims and to review past claims for any potential racial bias.
The practice made it harder for Black retirees to show a deficit and qua... |
Column: Israel is trying to oust Bibi Netanyahu. But will he really go? | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-02/israel-netanyahu-lapid-bennett-coalition | null | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political obituary has been written and rewritten.
Each time he fails to win an election or his government collapses, or he is accused of corruption, or, worse yet, indicted, new predictions of his political demise are circulated — only to be superseded, days or weeks later... |
High school softball: City playoff pairings | https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2021-06-02/high-school-softball-city-playoff-pairings | null | CITY SOFTBALL
OPEN DIVISION
Quarterfinals, Monday, 3 p.m.
#8 Los Angeles Marshall at #1 San Pedro
#5 Granada Hills at #4 Granada Hills Kennedy
#6 Birmingham at #3 Carson
#7 Legacy at #2 El Camino Real
NOTES: Semifinals, June 15, 3 p.m. Championship, June 19, 12 p.m.
DIVISION I
First round, Friday, 3 p.m.
#1 C... |
Netanyahu rivals form an Israeli coalition government to oust him | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-02/israel-netanyahu-rivals-coalition-government | null | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief political rival formally declared Wednesday night that he had put together a governing coalition with sufficient parliamentary backing to dislodge Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving leader.
The news amounted to a political earthquake in Israel, where the 71-year... |
Don't like the 'woke' casting of Netflix's 'Sandman' series? Neil Gaiman doesn't care | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-06-02/sandman-neil-gaiman-casting-controversy-woke-netflix | null | Neil Gaiman’s revered comic book series “The Sandman” from the ’80s and ’90s is finally being made into a television series for Netflix.
The comic was a genre-busting, gender-bending horror-ish fantasia that simply didn’t care about convention. So when self-proclaimed fans objected to the show casting nonbinary and B... |
Biden and Capito try to chip away at impasse on infrastructure | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-02/president-biden-west-va-sen-capito-try-to-chip-away-at-impasse-on-infrastructure | null | President Biden met privately in the Oval Office on Wednesday with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), the Republicans’ lead negotiator on infrastructure legislation, as the two sides looked to make progress toward a bipartisan deal.
But they still have a long way to go. Even after last week’s $928-billion proposal ... |
Police in Nicaragua detain expected Ortega challenger | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-02/nicaragua-police-detain-government-opponent | null | Nicaraguan police on Wednesday raided the home of Cristiana Chamorro, a potential presidential candidate and daughter of former President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, one day after formally filing money laundering charges against the journalist.
Her brother, Carlos Fernando Chamorro, director of the independent news o... |
Taylor Swift has been cast in a new movie, but she's no stranger to acting | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-06-02/taylor-swift-david-o-russell-movie-roles | null | Are you ready for Taylor Swift’s next big-screen appearance?
A couple years after starring in Tom Hooper’s certified flop of a film adaptation of “Cats,” the pop superstar and sporadic actor appears to have landed on her feet, booking her newest acting role in a star-studded project from director David O. Russell.
Ac... |
Here's how amateurs created an underground fight club during the pandemic | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-02/at-an-underground-fight-club-born-in-the-pandemic-black-blade-vs-big-cheese | null | Dusk was falling when Black Blade and Big Cheese strode into the middle of the ring and touched gloves. They were scheduled to go five rounds, three minutes each, before the evening was through.
The crowd went quiet — or as quiet as a hundred or so people in a small, concrete backyard near downtown Los Angeles can be ... |
Taix French Restaurant gets historic designation — but not for its Echo Park building | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-02/taix-french-restaurant-echo-park-sunset-boulevard-historic-designation | null | The Los Angeles City Council decided Wednesday to recognize Taix French Restaurant as a historic monument but granted no special protection to its Sunset Boulevard building.
Instead, the historic designation will extend to its location and three specific features of the longtime Echo Park haunt: its cherrywood bar ... |
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