You could call it a tax pre-fund: Starting in January, you’ll be able to get an electric vehicle tax credit of up to $7,500 without having to wait for the IRS to process your return. Instead, you can use the tax credit right away, putting it toward a down payment on a new electric, plug-in…

Filing for bankruptcy can cause your credit score to drop dramatically, but you won’t need to suffer from bad credit forever. Depending on the type of bankruptcy, the filing will generally disappear from your credit report after seven to ten years. Applying for secured credit cards can help you make a quicker comeback from bankruptcy…

The Biden administration is making it easier for doctors and nurses to treat homeless people wherever they find them, from creekside encampments to freeway underpasses, marking a fundamental shift in how — and where — health care is delivered. We want to hear about your experiences and, with your permission, may incorporate your story into…

5. Check the level of screenwash Wet weather means muddier roads and more spray from other moving vehicles, resulting in extra grime landing on your windscreen. With the extra hour of morning light, it will be almost impossible to see the road ahead if the sun is beaming down on your car and you don’t…

Four Pepperdine University students killed when they were struck by a car on a curving stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu will be remembered Thursday at a campus prayer service. Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir and Deslyn Williams, all in their 20s and seniors at Pepperdine’s Seaver College of Liberal Arts, were standing…

A new California law may make it illegal for restaurants and bars to charge diners mandatory service fees on top of the prices listed on menus, which would mark a major sea change for both diners and business owners in the state. Last week Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 478 into law, a bill…

[print-me target=”#content”] 5 recommended Share [OpenStreetMap] Two people died after a traffic collision police say was caused by a speeding SUV going around a car stopped at a stoplight and running through an Pasadena intersection Wednesday night. Authorities reported that a white Lincoln Navigator, traveling north on Raymond Avenue at high speed, collided with a…

I grew up in a Mexican household in the heart of American suburbia, one of those kids who spent their childhood ping-ponging across the border. Summers meant Mexico, splitting my time between the north and west, as comfortable on janky city buses as I was body surfing on white capped waves. Adulthood meant more of…

This week, CDOT continues work on the US 160 priority culvert replacement project in Bayfield. Motorists are reminded that bridge work will occur Tuesday, Oct. 24 over the Los Pinos River just west of this construction site. Motorists should also plan for maintenance crews to be working along the US 160 highway shoulder east of…