More than a 2,000 homes, businesses, and other buildings have burned, and at least five people are dead in wildfires scorching communities across Los Angeles County, making this one of the most destructive firestorms to hit the region in memory.
As of Wednesday (January 8, 2024), the Pacific Palisades fire had charred more than 17,234 acres in Pacific Palisades, burning down to Pacific Coast Highway, where it engulfed homes along the iconic stretch.
While red flag warnings will be in effect for Los Angeles County and much of Ventura County until 6 p.m. today.
While the majority of the news coverage in terms of people losing homes has focused on celebrities, hundreds of โregularโ people are now without homes and have lost everything, and businesses have been destroyed.
Here is how you can help the LA fire victims
Donate toย the Dream Center,ย an L.A.-based charitable organization thatโs offeringย emergency shelterย to those evacuated in the Palisades and Eaton Canyon Fires.
Donate toย Friends in Deed,ย a nonprofit providing services for the homeless, as it opens its Bad Weather Shelter amid the fires.
Theย California Fire Foundationย provides resources to firefighters, fallen firefighters, their families and the communities they serve.
Donate to Direct Reliefโsย California Fire Relief, which providesย N-95 masks, medicine, and resources to health-care agencies and first responders in areas affected by wildfires.
Theย California Community Fundย has a recovery fund dedicated to helping victims of wildfires. You canย donate here.
Donate to theย Wildfire Relief Fundย at the American Red Cross.
If youโre located in the Los Angeles area and can offer temporary foster care to dogs displaced by the wildfires, sign up at theย Canine Rescue Club.
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