How you can help the victims of the LA wildfires

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.

Unedited Sky5 footage of homes destroyed by the #PalisadesFire: https://t.co/S7WPifGWBW pic.twitter.com/kNL2jZpqUo
— KTLA (@KTLA) January 9, 2025

While red flag warnings will be in effect for Los Angeles County and much of Ventura County until 6 p.m. today.

'It's like Armageddon.' Restaurant owner describes fire that burned Moonshadows, Reel Inn and more https://t.co/FTheZ8A3Bd
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 9, 2025

While the majority of the news coverage in terms of people losing homes has focused on celebrities, hundreds of “regular” people are now without homes and have lost everything, and businesses have been destroyed.

Here is how you can help the LA fire victims

Our hearts are with everyone impacted by the devastating wildfires in Southern California. Our Trust & Safety team has created a centralized hub housing all verified fundraisers related to the LA fires, which we'll continue to update throughout the coming days as they come in gfme.co/3DNAIlh
— GoFundMe (@gofundme.com) 2025-01-08T17:28:56.826Z

Donate to the Dream Center, an L.A.-based charitable organization that’s offering emergency shelter to those evacuated in the Palisades and Eaton Canyon Fires.

Donate to Friends in Deed, a nonprofit providing services for the homeless, as it opens its Bad Weather Shelter amid the fires.

The California Fire Foundation provides resources to firefighters, fallen firefighters, their families and the communities they serve.

Donate to Direct Relief’s California Fire Relief, which provides N-95 masks, medicine, and resources to health-care agencies and first responders in areas affected by wildfires.

The California Community Fund has a recovery fund dedicated to helping victims of wildfires. You can donate here.

Donate to the Wildfire Relief Fund at the American Red Cross.

If you’re located in the Los Angeles area and can offer temporary foster care to dogs displaced by the wildfires, sign up at the Canine Rescue Club.

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