Two of four American men still playing in Melbourne, Irvine native Tien, 19, and Aliso Viejo native Michelsen, 20, became friends on the youth tennis circuit

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".

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

Two friends from California, Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen, have both reached the fourth round at the Australian Open. Tien is 19, and Michelsen is 20. They are two of