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Here’s the California home insurance debacle made simple: No more bargains. Property owners are keenly aware of the state’s numerous risks to their property, most notably wildfires. But they might be surprised to learn that California home insurance policies are among the nation’s cheapest. How often do we say “low” regarding any Golden State housing cost? Such thriftiness translated to California essentially asking insurers to take a high-risk gamble with low rewards. Would you make this bet? Insurers knew it was a losing gamble, so they increased their odds of success by removing the highest-risk customers. That’s why so many…

MELBOURNE, Australia — When Madison Keys finally finished off her 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) upset of No. 2 Iga Swiatek in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open semifinal Thursday night, saving a match point along the way, the 29-year-old American crouched on the court and placed a hand on her white hat.She had a hard time believing it all. The comeback. What Keys called an “extra dramatic finish.” The victory over five-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek, who’d been on the most dominant run at Melbourne Park in a dozen years. And now the chance to play in her second Grand Slam…

Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki poses with Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes, far left, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, second from left, and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, far right, as he is introduced as the newest Dodger during a press conference on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/SCNG) Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki tries on his jersey with help from Andrew Friedman,left, president of baseball operations for the Dodgers and manager Dave Roberts as he is introduced as the newest Dodger during a press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 22,…

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers aren’t ruining baseball. No one is ruining baseball. But if you want to be mad at a ball club for eroding parity in the game, if you’re peeved about the super-duper team that’s not your team, then go yell at the … Angels.Maybe you’ve already forgotten – sometimes it feels like people have – but once upon a time, Shohei Ohtani turned down the Dodgers. And that worked out how?Like Roki Sasaki, the Dodgers’ newest acquisition, Ohtani too was a 23-year-old Japanese rookie phenom. And back then, in 2017, his choices came down to the…

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Well, that escalated quickly.Freshman Avery Howell scored a season-high 18 points, JuJu Watkins added 16 points and seven rebounds and the fourth-ranked USC women’s basketball team nearly pitched a second-quarter shutout as it routed Purdue, 79-37, on Wednesday. Kennedy Smith added 12 points, while Rayah Marshall grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds.The Trojans (18-1 overall, 8-0 Big Ten) allowed just two points in the second quarter en route to their 14th consecutive win. Half of their conference victories have come by 20 points or more.Kendall Puryear led Purdue (7-12, 0-8) with 10 points as the Boilermakers lost…

LINCOLN, Neb. — The USC men’s basketball team scratched and clawed its way to another Big Ten road win.Desmond Claude had 21 points, Rashaun Agee scored all 14 of his in the second half and the Trojans rallied last in a 78-73 victory over Nebraska on Wednesday night, improving to 3-1 on the road in Big Ten play in their first season in the conference.Brice Williams followed his layup with a 3-pointer to pull Nebraska even at 69-all with 1:19 left. Claude answered with a 3-pointer with 45 seconds left, but a Connor Essegian layup got the Cornhuskers within a…

INGLEWOOD — Clippers coach Tyronn Lue sat speechless at the podium for several moments before Wednesday night’s game against the Boston Celtics.With a game like this, without six of your top eight rotation players, what are you looking forward to the most?A few more seconds went by.“I don’t know,” Lue said.With Kawhi Leonard sitting out his second game in a row and joined by James Harden, Norman Powell, Ivica Zubac and Kris Dunn on the bench, the outlook was bleak for the Clippers. These were the reigning NBA champion Celtics after all, who at 31-13 are the third-best team in…

LOS ANGELES — The Kings gutted out their 10th victory in their last 11 home games, 2-1, over the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers on Wednesday night, sending them off on their upcoming five-game road trip with a glide in their stride, though perhaps not an abundance of offensive confidence.Though the Kings still have the fewest goals of any team in 2025, they have also tied for the fewest goals against, allowing them to stay above .500 (5-4-0) since the calendar turned.The Kings worked their third-period magic at Crypto.com Arena, converting a one-goal deficit into a one-goal victory in the…

PERRIS — A 17-year-old boy suspected of gunning down a man in Perris was behind bars Wednesday.The teenager, identified only as a Perris resident, was arrested and booked into Riverside Juvenile Hall on Tuesday on suspicion of murder.The suspect was identified following a nearly month-long Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the slaying of 42-year-old Rene Diaz of Lake Elsinore, according to agency spokesman Sgt. Jarred Bishop.He said that just before midnight on Dec. 23, Diaz was at a property on Spectacular Bid Street, near Redlands Avenue, on the south end of Perris, when he was involved in an unspecified…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Zack Steffen was back on the field for the United States to face Costa Rica, nearly three years after his previous appearance in goal, also against the Ticos.The stakes were far lower but the results were much better.Steffen made a pair of excellent saves, and the U.S. won, 3-0, on Wednesday night as Brian White, Caden Clark and Patrick Agyemang scored in the Americans’ second straight exhibition match without Europe-based players.“It’s always nice to make some of those top-handed saves,” Steffen said.White scored in the 21st minute and Clark in the 77th, the first international goal for…