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Too many Southern Californians are running scared for their lives right now.Tens of thousands of displaced, suddenly homeless residents of Altadena, Pasadena and Pacific Palisades after firestorms destroyed entire neighborhoods.More than tens of thousands of housekeepers, gardeners and other workers keeping a weather eye not on the Santa Ana winds but for an ICE raid on their homes, their schools, their churches.All of the many millions of us, actually, breathing the toxic air that comes after fires that incinerated not just wood and chaparral but plastics, lead paint, asbestos and churned it all up into the atmosphere.I don’t know that…

By Anna-Louise Jackson, Bankrate.comIt’s now the norm for Americans to file their taxes online — the IRS reports that more than 90% of individual tax returns were e-filed in 2023, the most recent data available. Even most professional tax preparers are required to electronically file returns on behalf of their clients.If you file your own taxes, you have a few different options to file online, ranging from an entirely do-it-yourself, hands-on process to the guided experience offered by most tax software companies.How to file your taxes online: 4 optionsMost of us are going to file our taxes online no matter…

Harris English finished with a flurry Friday afternoon in the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open, carding birdies on his final three holes for a 6-under 66 and a one-stroke lead over Andrew Novak heading into Saturday’s final round. “I wouldn’t say I hit the ball great starting out,” said English, 35, a Georgia native and four-time tour winner who is 9-under 207 for the tournament at Torrey Pines in La Jolla. “But missed it in the right spots and then leaned on my short game and made some really good putts to save par starting out. “Kind of…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis WriterMELBOURNE, Australia — When Madison Keys stepped into Rod Laver Arena at 7:37 p.m. on Saturday night ahead of the Australian Open final, she strode right past the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, the trophy that goes to the women’s champion and was placed on a pedestal near the entrance to the court.Keys didn’t break stride. Didn’t stop to stare. That bit of hardware then was placed near the net for the pre-match coin toss, close as can be to where the American stood. Close enough to touch. Close enough to feel real. Also right there…

SEATTLE — The UCLA men’s basketball team will take some momentum into its showdown with USC next week.Aday Mara had another strong game, Dylan Andrews hit another clutch shot in the Pacific Northwest and the Bruins held off Washington, 65-60, on Friday night for their third straight win.The Bruins (14-6 overall, 5-4 Big Ten), fresh off an 85-83 home win against No. 18 Wisconsin, climbed back above .500 in conference play heading into Monday night’s game at USC. Washington (10-10, 1-8) lost its sixth consecutive game.Washington led by as many as seven points in the first half, but Kobe Johnson…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports WriterDALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys say offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer has agreed on a deal to become the storied franchise’s next coach.The somewhat surprising choice announced Friday night is a familiar one for star quarterback Dak Prescott, who worked closely with Schottenheimer the past two seasons when former coach Mike McCarthy was the play-caller.Prescott publicly supported the return of McCarthy, whose initial five-year contract with Dallas expired, but McCarthy and the Cowboys mutually parted ways last week.The 51-year-old Schottenheimer, son of the late NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer, has 25 years of NFL coaching experience – including 14…

Jim Alexander: Consider this: Two more completed passes, on that heroic last-ditch drive through the snow last week in Philadelphia, and Matthew Stafford and the Rams would be playing the NFC championship game on Sunday in SoFi Stadium against Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders.Instead, what turned out to be a pretty darned exciting Rams season is over, and now we’re wondering if not only Stafford but Cooper Kupp will be back with the team in 2025. And while that sounds drastic, it’s business as usual in the NFL, where careers are short, guaranteed money is rare and the salary…

President Trump visited fire-ravaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles late Friday, continuing to claim without evidence that California’s water polices led to the devastation and threatening to withhold federal aid to fire victims unless they are changed.“We’re going to go to Los Angeles and take a look at a fire that could have been put out if they let the water flow, but they didn’t let the water flow,” Trump said Friday morning in Washington D.C. “And they still haven’t for whatever reason.”During a news conference Tuesday, Trump made a related claim: “Los Angeles has massive amounts of water available to…

The LPGA canceled the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship in Palos Verdes Estates on Friday because the underwriter of the tournament failed on payments for the 2024 and 2025 tournaments. Nelly Korda was the defending champion at Palos Verdes Golf Club, which had been scheduled for March 20-23. The LPGA in a statement said canceling the tournament was unavoidable because the underwriter failed to fulfill “any portion of its payment obligations.” The tour said it would work with title partner Fir Hills and Pak, the Hall of Fame tournament host, to explore other options. “We are deeply disappointed to announce…

Despite intermittent power shutoffs, some Chino Valley schools have been staying open.Starting three weeks ago, Southern California Edison began power shutoffs across the Inland Empire as a fire-safety measure amid high winds reaching almost 80 mph in some places.RELATED: Long power outages lead to frustration for Inland Empire residentsThe Chino Valley Unified School District faced what school board President Sonja Shaw called “a new reality, with no prior notice.”Shaw said a high school with about 3,000 students and several elementary schools have endured six full days without power — along with many shorter outages lasting hours at a time. The…