Retrospective: Tax day lands — and Linz's formal vote hits the MBUSD docket

The one thing. Tax day landed Wednesday. Federal returns and payments came due April 15, and the IRS spent the week reminding last-minute filers of the fine print: an extension moves the filing deadline to October 15, but any tax owed was still due Wednesday. Free File stayed open for 2025 incomes of $89,000 or less. IRS →

Schools. The superintendent handoff hit its next checkpoint: the formal vote on Dr. Kimberlie Linz's employment was set for MBUSD's April 14 board meeting, with contract approval to follow April 29 and a July 1 start. The job she's stepping into hasn't gotten easier — the board has authorized 58.85 possible layoffs. Easy Reader →

The market. Second week of relief: the 30-year eased to 6.30% (Freddie Mac, week of April 16), down from 6.37% and the lowest reading since mid-March. Early April's 6.46% peak is starting to look like the top of the hill. Freddie Mac →

The pulse. Downtown Hermosa made a weekend of it: the Spring Sidewalk Sale ran Friday through Sunday, with shops, eateries, and pop-up vendors on Pier Plaza. Saturday's Shaper's Alley Surf Stomp gathered the faithful on Cypress to fund plaques at the old board-building landmarks — Bing, Jacobs, Greg Noll, Rick's, and Dewey Weber. Calendar →

Next → five surf legends get their names on Pier Plaza, and rates keep sliding.

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