American world number four Taylor Fritz said Thursday he will donate his $82,000 first-round prize money from the Australian Open to help victims of the Los Angeles wildfires, calling the devastation "insane".

Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen were born about 15 months apart and first crossed paths a decade ago when they were playing in Southern

Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen were born about 15 months apart and first crossed paths a decade ago when they were playing in Southern California tennis

Learner Tien, a 19-year-old from California, became the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open's third round since 1990, upsetting No. 5 Daniil Medvedev in five sets.

Two friends from California, Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen, have both reached the fourth round at the Australian Open

In Australia, as in California, governments are engaged in criminal neglect, refusing to adequately prepare for increasingly dangerous fire seasons spurred by global climate change.

The world has watched in horror as fires continue to raze parts of Los Angeles, California. For those of us living in Australia, one of the world's most fire-prone continents, the L.A. experience feels all too familiar.

Thursday will continue the trend of cold and overcast weather. Temperatures are still below normal with highs in the 50s and 60s, according to NWS Melbourne. Scattered light-to-moderate showers will increase from south to north through the morning.

“I don’t know if Craig sleeps. Craig would say to us … it didn’t matter what time, if we needed help, he was there,” said Evan Zeder, a former member of the University of Illinois tennis squad who is now global director of marketing for tennis with sportswear brand New Balance, a major Open sponsor.

Adorned with moderate coastline temperatures, golden beaches, plush, vibrant blue waves, towering cinnamon-colored Redwood trees, and sunny skies,

Of course, it isn’t just state Republicans looking to kill high-speed rail in California. Billionaire Elon Musk has vowed to cut federal spending on the project, and Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Roseville, has introduced legislation to do just that.

Fresno has a strong history movie-going culture. In the boom of the late 1990s, there were more than a half-dozen theaters across the city with some 50 movies screens — well above the national average at the time. But that was far from universal.