Here is a sampling of things to do in-person and online in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area, Jan. 20-27. Check websites or call for updates of in-person events due to coronavirus concerns.

Activision deal really mean for the millions of people who play video games, either on consoles or their phones?

As the sun rises over the island of American Samoa, a chorus of animal voices drifts upward. They're not the calls of birds, though -- the purrs, clicks and groans are coming from under the water. New research shows how automation can make it increasingly easy to eavesdrop on the fish making the sounds and uncover how their environment impacts them.

Shawn Laval Smith, the suspect wanted in connection with the killing of Brianna Kupfer while she was working at a Los Angeles furniture store, has been taken into custody, police say.

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On the heels of heralded headquarters moves from New York to Stamford, Connecticut has another transplant — this time in Danbury, though municipal officials are already familiar with the corporation that now calls the city home.

Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard comes as the Santa Monica, California-based gaming company continues to face highly publicized accusations from employees and government agencies that it fostered a culture of sexual harassment and gender discrimination.

A survey ranked Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District in the top-20 school districts in California, as well as one of the top-10 districts to teach in.

Bay League boys and girls basketball teams will play five league games and then a tournament to determine seeding for CIF-Southern Section playoffs

Microsoft stunned the gaming industry when it announced this week it would buy game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, a deal that would immediately make it a larger video-game company than Nintendo.