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"content": "\u003cp>As much of Los Angeles smolders, wind warnings return and fire crews stand guard, scientists say almost unprecedented climatic conditions throughout Southern California led up to the disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last summer was one of the hottest on record, and the extreme swings between wet and dry conditions over the past two years have been unusually severe. Two rainy winters — which promoted heavy growth of brush — have been followed by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/01/california-rain-drought-north-south/\">near-zero rainfall\u003c/a> for the past eight months and counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This pattern of weather whiplash, likely exacerbated by climate change, hasn’t been seen in Southern California since 1992–1993, and before that, 1907–1908. “We find only three instances where an anomalously dry start to the wet season follows back-to-back wet water years,” a team of UCLA researchers wrote in a \u003ca href=\"https://sustainablela.ucla.edu/2025lawildfires\">report\u003c/a>\u003cem> \u003c/em>released on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soil moisture levels across much of the region from Santa Barbara to San Diego hover between just 2% and 5% of average — leaving dust where there should be mud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, an important measure called “vapor pressure deficit” has exceeded norms. Calculated from a combination of temperature and relative humidity, it reflects the ability of air to draw moisture from the landscape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way to think about vapor pressure deficit is that it is the drying power of the air,” said John Battles, a UC Berkeley forest ecology professor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Readings from Jan. 8 show an extreme deficit across much of inland Southern California. Such conditions can draw much of the moisture from living plants, so fires become almost unstoppable once they start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it’s that dry, wind has ultimate power,” said UC Merced climatology professor John Abatzoglou.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Malibu Canyon, local gauges recorded 53 degrees Fahrenheit and relative humidity of 36% on Jan. 4. Three days later, on the day that the Palisades and Eaton fires began, the air temperature was 64 degrees while the relative humidity had dropped to 13%, more than doubling the vapor pressure deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These levels are “literally off the charts,” Battles said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This combination of conditions crossed a dangerous threshold, priming the landscape throughout much of Southern California for high risk of wind-whipped fires. Across seven counties, drought has sapped the air, soil and vegetation of moisture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12022489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Image-1-15-25-at-4.40%E2%80%AFPM-scaled-e1736988241249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1425\" height=\"1412\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Image-1-15-25-at-4.40 PM-scaled-e1736988241249.jpg 1425w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Image-1-15-25-at-4.40 PM-scaled-e1736988241249-800x793.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Image-1-15-25-at-4.40 PM-scaled-e1736988241249-1020x1011.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Image-1-15-25-at-4.40 PM-scaled-e1736988241249-160x159.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1425px) 100vw, 1425px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service issued a \u003ca href=\"https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/fwdy2.html\">warning\u003c/a> Tuesday of critical fire weather or red flag warnings from the Mexican border to San Luis Obispo County. The alert predicted gusts up to 50 mph, humidity of a lip-splitting 10%, and virtually no chance that rain would relieve the conditions anytime soon. This comes on the heels of the \u003ca href=\"https://sustainablela.ucla.edu/2025lawildfires#:~:text=In%20Figure%203%20(bottom%20panel)%2C%20we%20show%20that%20the%20summer%2Dfall%20(June%2DDecember)%20of%202024%2C%20with%20a%20mean%20temperature%20of%2067.1%C2%B0F%2C%20ranks%20as%20the%20third%20hottest%20since%20at%20least%201895%20in%20coastal%20Southern%20California.\">third hottest summer\u003c/a> in coastal Southern California since at least 1895.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The threat goes far beyond Los Angeles, affecting much of Southern California. Across Orange County “current live and dead fuel moistures remain at or below established critically low thresholds,” said Sean Doran, a public information officer with the Orange County Fire Authority. He called Tuesday’s fire danger level in Orange County “extreme.” The county has dried-out canyons, near residential areas, full of ultra-flammable chaparral and sage scrub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1422px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022482\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011125-OC-Chaparral-MC-CM-01-copy-e1736987479913.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1422\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011125-OC-Chaparral-MC-CM-01-copy-e1736987479913.jpg 1422w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011125-OC-Chaparral-MC-CM-01-copy-e1736987479913-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011125-OC-Chaparral-MC-CM-01-copy-e1736987479913-1020x708.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011125-OC-Chaparral-MC-CM-01-copy-e1736987479913-160x111.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1422px) 100vw, 1422px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chaparral and sage scrub in Orange County’s Upper Newport Bay is bone-dry after months with no rain. Jan. 11, 2025. Fire officials called the danger ‘extreme’ in the county. \u003ccite>(Marla Cone/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officials and researchers routinely weigh samples of vegetation, dehydrate them and weigh them again. This allows them to calculate the “live fuel moisture” percentage, which tells them how flammable the landscape is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These measurements and related data are critical to firefighters, who monitor them regularly so they can gauge the risk of a fire erupting and determine which tools, vehicles and equipment are needed to fight the blazes, explained Scott McLean, a Cal Fire public information officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last May, the \u003ca href=\"https://fire.lacounty.gov/fire-weather-danger/\">live fuel moisture\u003c/a> content of Santa Monica Mountains chamise — a prominent chaparral plant — was a wet and heavy 143%. That means that the weight of the water in the plants was almost 1.5 times the weight of its woody material. (A reading of 100% means equal parts water and plant mass.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By November, live fuel moisture in the same region had dipped to just over 60%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even more recently, on Jan. 7, measurements from Santa Barbara vegetation showed levels of 61% — substantially below the 77% average for this time of year. That means their water weight was less than two-thirds of their plant material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once the live fuel moisture hits around 60%, that is the critical danger zone,” said UC Merced’s Abatzoglou, explaining that below this level, vegetation loses much of its resistance to fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it another way, he said, at and below about 60%, “the live fuels behave and burn more like dead fuels.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abatzoglou cited \u003ca href=\"https://sbfiresafecouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dennison_moritz_ijwf_2009-1.pdf\">research\u003c/a> from 2009 suggesting that a critical threshold between vegetation that can and cannot support a large fire lies around 79% — which would put current conditions much deeper into the danger zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dead vegetation, baked by the sun for months or years, is also perilously dry. “By January 7th of 2025, dead-fuel moisture was 6th lowest on record for that date,” the UCLA team wrote in Monday’s report.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-brush-clearing-wouldn-t-help-much-experts-say\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brush clearing wouldn’t help much, experts say\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While President-elect Donald Trump has claimed on social media that incompetent state leadership led to the wildfires and hindered efforts to tame the flames, experts say there is little that could have prevented the disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extremely dry conditions have been aggravated by winds gusting up to 100 miles per hour — what UCLA climate researcher Daniel Swain recently likened to using an atmospheric blow dryer on bone-dry terrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexandra Syphard, a senior research ecologist at the Conservation Biology Institute and an adjunct professor at San Diego State University, said the extreme conditions have rendered humans powerless, at least in the nearterm, to subdue wildfire threats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do not believe there is anything that wildland management could have done to qualitatively or substantially alter the outcome of these fires,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While thinning trees or conducting controlled burns can reduce fire dangers in some forests, the same approach does not work in the areas of Southern California dominated by chaparral, Syphard said. These areas are too vast to clear brush, encompassing thousands of square miles.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"science_1994311,news_12020988,news_12021029,news_12021702\"]She said such clearing tends to increase fire danger in chaparral landscapes by killing off both mature plants and the natural seed bank in the soil, triggering a long-lasting conversion to grasslands, which she says create an “explosively flammable” duff layer each summer and fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best preventative strategies for reducing fire danger in a chaparral landscape, Syphard said, are to “create very strategically placed fuel breaks that enable safe firefighter access” as well as to “rethink where homes are constructed and how to make houses more resilient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, though it’s not likely to provide any immediate relief of the dangers facing millions of Californians living in or near flammable landscapes, is another difficult but necessary solution, experts say. Global warming is conditioning the already arid Southwest to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As much as 88% of the increasing average vapor pressure deficit in the western United States is linked to human-caused warming, according to a 2021 UCLA \u003ca href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2111875118\">paper\u003c/a>. 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Across seven counties, drought has sapped the air, soil and vegetation of moisture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12022489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Image-1-15-25-at-4.40%E2%80%AFPM-scaled-e1736988241249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1425\" height=\"1412\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Image-1-15-25-at-4.40 PM-scaled-e1736988241249.jpg 1425w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Image-1-15-25-at-4.40 PM-scaled-e1736988241249-800x793.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Image-1-15-25-at-4.40 PM-scaled-e1736988241249-1020x1011.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Image-1-15-25-at-4.40 PM-scaled-e1736988241249-160x159.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1425px) 100vw, 1425px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service issued a \u003ca href=\"https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/fwdy2.html\">warning\u003c/a> Tuesday of critical fire weather or red flag warnings from the Mexican border to San Luis Obispo County. The alert predicted gusts up to 50 mph, humidity of a lip-splitting 10%, and virtually no chance that rain would relieve the conditions anytime soon. This comes on the heels of the \u003ca href=\"https://sustainablela.ucla.edu/2025lawildfires#:~:text=In%20Figure%203%20(bottom%20panel)%2C%20we%20show%20that%20the%20summer%2Dfall%20(June%2DDecember)%20of%202024%2C%20with%20a%20mean%20temperature%20of%2067.1%C2%B0F%2C%20ranks%20as%20the%20third%20hottest%20since%20at%20least%201895%20in%20coastal%20Southern%20California.\">third hottest summer\u003c/a> in coastal Southern California since at least 1895.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The threat goes far beyond Los Angeles, affecting much of Southern California. Across Orange County “current live and dead fuel moistures remain at or below established critically low thresholds,” said Sean Doran, a public information officer with the Orange County Fire Authority. 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Jan. 11, 2025. Fire officials called the danger ‘extreme’ in the county. \u003ccite>(Marla Cone/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officials and researchers routinely weigh samples of vegetation, dehydrate them and weigh them again. This allows them to calculate the “live fuel moisture” percentage, which tells them how flammable the landscape is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These measurements and related data are critical to firefighters, who monitor them regularly so they can gauge the risk of a fire erupting and determine which tools, vehicles and equipment are needed to fight the blazes, explained Scott McLean, a Cal Fire public information officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last May, the \u003ca href=\"https://fire.lacounty.gov/fire-weather-danger/\">live fuel moisture\u003c/a> content of Santa Monica Mountains chamise — a prominent chaparral plant — was a wet and heavy 143%. That means that the weight of the water in the plants was almost 1.5 times the weight of its woody material. (A reading of 100% means equal parts water and plant mass.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By November, live fuel moisture in the same region had dipped to just over 60%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even more recently, on Jan. 7, measurements from Santa Barbara vegetation showed levels of 61% — substantially below the 77% average for this time of year. That means their water weight was less than two-thirds of their plant material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once the live fuel moisture hits around 60%, that is the critical danger zone,” said UC Merced’s Abatzoglou, explaining that below this level, vegetation loses much of its resistance to fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it another way, he said, at and below about 60%, “the live fuels behave and burn more like dead fuels.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abatzoglou cited \u003ca href=\"https://sbfiresafecouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dennison_moritz_ijwf_2009-1.pdf\">research\u003c/a> from 2009 suggesting that a critical threshold between vegetation that can and cannot support a large fire lies around 79% — which would put current conditions much deeper into the danger zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dead vegetation, baked by the sun for months or years, is also perilously dry. “By January 7th of 2025, dead-fuel moisture was 6th lowest on record for that date,” the UCLA team wrote in Monday’s report.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-brush-clearing-wouldn-t-help-much-experts-say\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brush clearing wouldn’t help much, experts say\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While President-elect Donald Trump has claimed on social media that incompetent state leadership led to the wildfires and hindered efforts to tame the flames, experts say there is little that could have prevented the disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extremely dry conditions have been aggravated by winds gusting up to 100 miles per hour — what UCLA climate researcher Daniel Swain recently likened to using an atmospheric blow dryer on bone-dry terrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexandra Syphard, a senior research ecologist at the Conservation Biology Institute and an adjunct professor at San Diego State University, said the extreme conditions have rendered humans powerless, at least in the nearterm, to subdue wildfire threats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do not believe there is anything that wildland management could have done to qualitatively or substantially alter the outcome of these fires,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While thinning trees or conducting controlled burns can reduce fire dangers in some forests, the same approach does not work in the areas of Southern California dominated by chaparral, Syphard said. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>She said such clearing tends to increase fire danger in chaparral landscapes by killing off both mature plants and the natural seed bank in the soil, triggering a long-lasting conversion to grasslands, which she says create an “explosively flammable” duff layer each summer and fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best preventative strategies for reducing fire danger in a chaparral landscape, Syphard said, are to “create very strategically placed fuel breaks that enable safe firefighter access” as well as to “rethink where homes are constructed and how to make houses more resilient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, though it’s not likely to provide any immediate relief of the dangers facing millions of Californians living in or near flammable landscapes, is another difficult but necessary solution, experts say. Global warming is conditioning the already arid Southwest to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As much as 88% of the increasing average vapor pressure deficit in the western United States is linked to human-caused warming, according to a 2021 UCLA \u003ca href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2111875118\">paper\u003c/a>. Compared to the 1980s and 1990s, the number of days with an extreme vapor pressure deficit nearly doubled in the first two decades of this century, the researchers found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with rates of global emissions increasing in spite of international pledges to reduce them, this increasing aridity is only going to get worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This change in risk requires urgent and effective societal adaptation and mitigation responses,” the UCLA scientists wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new UCLA report noted that linking weather anomalies to climate change “requires deep analysis.” But the authors were confident about one potential connection: “The clearest way in which climate change may have intensified the January 2025 wildfires is the anomalously warm summer and fall of 2024,” they wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With or without a climate change link, the extremes seen in Southern California over the past two years have been exceptional, including a hurricane-driven cloudburst in August 2023, an extraordinarily wet February last year that delivered an average of almost half an inch of rain daily, and a dry streak that is quickly catching up with 1962–1963 as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.laalmanac.com/weather/we08aa.php\">longest\u003c/a> in the region’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Battles, at UC Berkeley, said the likely role of climate change in the weather extremes that are clobbering California makes direct human intervention almost negligible, and better planning key to safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are global conditions playing out … There’s very little California can do to reshape these weather patterns,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the climate making things drier, we need to think about how we transition into a new state, and how we deal with wildfire and development and public safety. These are not hard science questions, but they’re super hard policy questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Among the army of firefighters trying to contain the blazes in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/los-angeles\">Los Angeles\u003c/a> area are over 1,000 incarcerated individuals hacking out fire lines with hand tools in rugged terrain for just dollars a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the experience they gain, those who want to be hired as firefighters after their release will face an uphill battle. Now, lawmakers are considering legislation to make it easier for them to have their records cleared, smoothing their path to firefighting work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eddie Herrera Jr. served 18 years in state and county correctional facilities. After demonstrating good behavior, he was allowed to work as a firefighter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day, he was called to the burning home of a correctional officer from the prison where he was housed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We saved it,” Herrera said. “And I just remember them coming and shaking our hands afterwards. And I was like, ‘Whoa, this is surreal.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021502\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1648px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021502\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1648\" height=\"1098\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016.jpg 1648w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1648px) 100vw, 1648px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A member of Acton Conservation Camp Crew 11-1, an incarcerated fire team, works to fell burned trees in Altadena, California, on Jan. 10, 2025, after the Eaton Fire destroyed much of the area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Herrera, who worked on a county crew, said his top pay was $56 a month. Wildland firefighters make between \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/conservation-camps/faq-conservation-fire-camp-program/#:~:text=Are%20camp%20participants%20paid%20for,FIRE%2C%20regardless%20of%20skill%20level.\">$5.80 and $10.24 per day\u003c/a> from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, plus $1 an hour from Cal Fire while working active emergencies like the current Los Angeles fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of them say the experience alone is worth it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t even do it for the money,” said Herrera. “Because at the end of the day, giving back to the community, knowing you’re providing a service … you can’t put a price on that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, those who wish to continue the work after their release often find that their criminal record poses a major obstacle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Royal Ramey, who co-founded the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program to help people through the process, said it’s especially difficult to get municipal firefighting jobs like the one Herrera trained in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those jobs require EMT certification. That’s a particular hurdle because \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/22-CCR-100214.3\">California law\u003c/a> prohibits people with felony convictions from getting certified, effectively blocking many formerly incarcerated firefighters from jobs at county or city fire stations — jobs that tend to provide good benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021503\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021503\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-020.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-020-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-020-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-020-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-020-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-020-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Acton Conservation Camp Crew 11-1, an incarcerated fire team, work to fell burned trees in Altadena, California, on Jan. 10, 2025, after the Eaton Fire destroyed much of the area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To try to ease some of those barriers, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/09/11/governor-newsom-signs-bill-eliminating-barriers-that-block-former-inmate-fire-crews-from-becoming-career-firefighters-after-serving-their-sentences/\">AB 2147\u003c/a> in 2020. It allows nonviolent offenders who fought fires with prison crews to petition to get their records expunged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not a sure thing, said Ramey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are eligible for expungement, but it’s up to the judge’s discretion. So it all depends on the situation, the crime, how long they’ve been out, have they been rehabilitated, what have they been doing since they’ve been home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esteban Núñez, a member of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, has been communicating with state Sen. Eloise Reyes (D–San Bernardino) and Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office about follow-up legislation to AB 2147 to simplify and expedite the record-clearing process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea is to have CDCR automatically provide the attorney general’s office with a record showing that a person has completed the fire camp program and then notify the person of their eligibility for having their record expunged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would make it so that the responsibility doesn’t solely fall on the individual to have to file and either seek out a public defender or an attorney to help them file,” Núñez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021720 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192478140-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A judge would still have the final say in whether to grant the expungement petition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Núñez expects the new bill to be introduced within the next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Helping more formerly incarcerated firefighters enter the workforce could be a boon for California, whose need for firefighters is only expected to grow as wildfires become bigger and more common with the effects of human-caused climate change. The Nature Conservancy estimates that the state will face a \u003ca href=\"https://www.scienceforconservation.org/assets/downloads/Building_CAs_Forest_Resilience_Workforce.pdf\">labor shortage\u003c/a> of close to 10,000 forestry workers by 2028.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the COVID-19 pandemic, Newsom granted \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/news/2020/07/10/cdcr-announces-additional-actions-to-reduce-population-and-maximize-space-systemwide-to-address-covid-19/\">early release\u003c/a> to some incarcerated firefighters, and he has \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-inmate-fire-crew-civilian-recruitment-20160914-snap-story.html\">scaled back\u003c/a> the CDCR fire crew program while building up the civilian California Conservation Corps for young adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott McLean, a spokesperson for Cal Fire, said he’s noticed the reduction in the state’s use of incarcerated fire crews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are fewer crews,” he said. “But we fill that void with our seasonal firefighter hand crews as well as [having] the CCC on board.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those who are released, the new legislation being considered by state officials would make it easier for them to help fill that shortage — and continue their rehabilitation in the process, Núñez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no better way to demonstrate restorative justice,” he said, “than to have folks who have previously harmed their communities really go out to preserve and protect other communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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And I was like, ‘Whoa, this is surreal.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021502\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1648px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021502\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1648\" height=\"1098\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016.jpg 1648w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1648px) 100vw, 1648px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A member of Acton Conservation Camp Crew 11-1, an incarcerated fire team, works to fell burned trees in Altadena, California, on Jan. 10, 2025, after the Eaton Fire destroyed much of the area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Herrera, who worked on a county crew, said his top pay was $56 a month. Wildland firefighters make between \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/conservation-camps/faq-conservation-fire-camp-program/#:~:text=Are%20camp%20participants%20paid%20for,FIRE%2C%20regardless%20of%20skill%20level.\">$5.80 and $10.24 per day\u003c/a> from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, plus $1 an hour from Cal Fire while working active emergencies like the current Los Angeles fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of them say the experience alone is worth it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t even do it for the money,” said Herrera. “Because at the end of the day, giving back to the community, knowing you’re providing a service … you can’t put a price on that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, those who wish to continue the work after their release often find that their criminal record poses a major obstacle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Royal Ramey, who co-founded the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program to help people through the process, said it’s especially difficult to get municipal firefighting jobs like the one Herrera trained in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those jobs require EMT certification. 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Gavin Newsom signed \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/09/11/governor-newsom-signs-bill-eliminating-barriers-that-block-former-inmate-fire-crews-from-becoming-career-firefighters-after-serving-their-sentences/\">AB 2147\u003c/a> in 2020. It allows nonviolent offenders who fought fires with prison crews to petition to get their records expunged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not a sure thing, said Ramey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are eligible for expungement, but it’s up to the judge’s discretion. So it all depends on the situation, the crime, how long they’ve been out, have they been rehabilitated, what have they been doing since they’ve been home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esteban Núñez, a member of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, has been communicating with state Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Los Angeles — \u003c/strong>Many Pacific Palisades locals, current and former, have been following the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/kent.steffes.5\">Facebook feed of 56-year-old Kent Steffes\u003c/a>. He lives in nearby Brentwood now and hasn’t lost his home, but perhaps that’s given him the emotional bandwidth to share more effectively with others what’s happened to their old neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overlooking the Pacific Ocean like its neighbors Malibu and Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades is an affluent neighborhood by any measure. It’s home to celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Reese Witherspoon and Tom Hanks. Median home values often exceed $3 million. Luxury homes sell for tens of millions. But many of the families who’ve lost their homes are not fabulously wealthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What most people don’t know is that a lot of the homes are owned by people who can’t afford to live here anymore. They won’t be able to rebuild,” Steffes said. That’s because many family members can’t afford to buy the homes they own at the current market rate. “They couldn’t afford to get a mortgage on it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with his 20-year-old daughter, Katharine Steffes, who also attended Palisades High (partially burned), we toured the neighborhood as it lay smoking. “All my friends live here,” the sophomore at the University of Notre Dame said. “I don’t know if this place will ever be the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kent Steffes’ family moved to the Pacific Palisades highlands in 1973 when he was 5. His dad, an engineer at Hughes Aircraft Co., bought a home for $75,000, which would be around $533,000 in today’s dollars. The house had five bedrooms, although many homes built in “Pali” in the 1960s and ’70s featured two or three bedrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022381\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild1.jpeg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild1-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild1-160x120.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“What most people don’t know is that a lot of the homes are owned by people who can’t afford to live here anymore. They won’t be able to rebuild,” said Kent Steffes, 56, who grew up in Pacific Palisades. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You were always outside biking or riding skateboards around town,” said Steffes, who grew up to win the inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics\">1996 Summer Olympics\u003c/a> in \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta\">Atlanta\u003c/a>. He works in finance now. “There was always someplace to explore and have fun and plenty of friends to do it with. We ran out of the house in the morning and didn’t come home until the street lights came on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as the decades passed, the neighborhood grew wealthier. By the time Steffes was in his 30s, many modest three- to four-bedroom homes were giving way to “McMansions,” double the size, on the same small lots. Big or small, the original owners aged and died and passed on their homes to their children, as Kent Steffes’ parents did. “We just sold that home last year for $2.5 million.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11711689/40-years-on-how-does-proposition-13-impact-the-california-dream\">Proposition 13\u003c/a>, passed in 1978, family members who inherited properties were essentially given the original property tax rate. Steffes’ parents paid about $4,000 in property taxes. Steffes said the people who bought the house last year pay about $37,500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the much higher tax rate, a lot of insurance plans cover only the value of the house as it is, not the cost to rebuild according to modern building codes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So they’ll say, ‘Hey, your house is worth $300,000,’” Steffes said hypothetically. “But it’ll cost you $1 million to rebuild that same thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nancy Wallace, a real estate professor at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/research/the-situation-is-dire-why-prof-nancy-wallace-researches-wildfire-risk/\">lost her own home\u003c/a> to the Oakland Hills fire of 1991. She’s now considered an expert in price modeling and wildfire “mispricing,” as she puts it, in the insurance market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1216px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022382\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1216\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild3.jpg 1216w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild3-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1216px) 100vw, 1216px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marquez Charter Elementary School was destroyed in the Palisades fire, erasing cherished childhood memories for countless individuals. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Kent Steffes )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Insurance adjusters are not your friends,” she said. “They’re not there to sympathize. They’re there to minimize the payout of their company. It might be dressed up with nice words, but that is the challenge that you’re facing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due in large part to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020835/southern-california-fires-could-be-most-expensive-us-history\">climate-change-driven wildfires\u003c/a>, hundreds of thousands of Californians have lost their insurance policies altogether in 2024. This has forced many homeowners to turn to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992401/homeowners-insurance-market-stretched-even-thinner-as-2-more-companies-leave-california\">California FAIR Plan\u003c/a>, a state-mandated insurance market of last resort, which often provides more expensive and limited coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Farm, the largest insurer group in California,\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-insurance-e31bef0ed7eeddcde096a5b8f2c1768f\"> announced a halt\u003c/a> to new homeowner insurance policies in the state in 2023 and began canceling or non-renewing policies for tens of thousands of properties in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021911 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01810_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, a spokesman told KQED State Farm still insures 250,000 homes and “As of Tuesday, Jan. 14, we’ve begun to process over 6,700 home and auto claims, already putting tens of millions of dollars back into customers’ hands. We are prepared to address the growing number of claims expected as residents return and assess damage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allstate paused the sale of homeowners insurance policies for new customers in 2022. “We continue to offer coverage to most existing homeowners insurance customers,” an Allstate spokesperson wrote KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on Wallace’s analysis, about 1 million California homes are in high- or very high-risk areas, with 2 million to 4.5 million more in vulnerable wildland-urban interface zones. The time it takes to rebuild a home after a wildfire varies significantly depending on the severity of the damage, availability of contractors, and compliance with updated building codes, but Wallace estimates it could take up to four years to rebuild a home destroyed by a wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Four years is a lifetime for many people,” she said but noted the incentives in the current system are to rebuild, and for those with the money to rebuild, build back bigger and more expensively. That’s if they have insurance policies that will meet the demand now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/Business/los-angeles-fire-losses-reach-30-billion-insurers/story?id=117653563\">how expensive\u003c/a> the Palisades Fire is expected to be, Wallace warned the California insurance market could fail because many insurance policies are too generous given the actual risks, and the state insurance commissioner’s office has only recently begun to allow the industry to adjust for the changing reality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All these factors exacerbate the trend toward gentrification in Pacific Palisades and neighborhoods like it, meaning home ownership in those places is becoming infeasible for any but the most wealthy Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, Wallace said, many homeowners in Pacific Palisades will choose to do what she did after the Oakland Hills fire took her home: move out of the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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They won’t be able to rebuild,” said Kent Steffes, 56, who grew up in Pacific Palisades. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You were always outside biking or riding skateboards around town,” said Steffes, who grew up to win the inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics\">1996 Summer Olympics\u003c/a> in \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta\">Atlanta\u003c/a>. He works in finance now. “There was always someplace to explore and have fun and plenty of friends to do it with. We ran out of the house in the morning and didn’t come home until the street lights came on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as the decades passed, the neighborhood grew wealthier. By the time Steffes was in his 30s, many modest three- to four-bedroom homes were giving way to “McMansions,” double the size, on the same small lots. Big or small, the original owners aged and died and passed on their homes to their children, as Kent Steffes’ parents did. “We just sold that home last year for $2.5 million.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11711689/40-years-on-how-does-proposition-13-impact-the-california-dream\">Proposition 13\u003c/a>, passed in 1978, family members who inherited properties were essentially given the original property tax rate. Steffes’ parents paid about $4,000 in property taxes. 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She’s now considered an expert in price modeling and wildfire “mispricing,” as she puts it, in the insurance market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1216px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022382\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1216\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild3.jpg 1216w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild3-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1216px) 100vw, 1216px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marquez Charter Elementary School was destroyed in the Palisades fire, erasing cherished childhood memories for countless individuals. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Kent Steffes )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Insurance adjusters are not your friends,” she said. “They’re not there to sympathize. They’re there to minimize the payout of their company. It might be dressed up with nice words, but that is the challenge that you’re facing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due in large part to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020835/southern-california-fires-could-be-most-expensive-us-history\">climate-change-driven wildfires\u003c/a>, hundreds of thousands of Californians have lost their insurance policies altogether in 2024. This has forced many homeowners to turn to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992401/homeowners-insurance-market-stretched-even-thinner-as-2-more-companies-leave-california\">California FAIR Plan\u003c/a>, a state-mandated insurance market of last resort, which often provides more expensive and limited coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Farm, the largest insurer group in California,\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-insurance-e31bef0ed7eeddcde096a5b8f2c1768f\"> announced a halt\u003c/a> to new homeowner insurance policies in the state in 2023 and began canceling or non-renewing policies for tens of thousands of properties in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The strong Santa Ana winds have helped push the deadly blazes through the Los Angeles suburbs, killing at least 25 people and leveling expensive real estate in Pacific Palisades and Altadena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All told, the fires have engulfed more than 40,000 acres (more than 62 square miles), according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The good news is that for the last two days we’ve had no increase in acreage at the Eaton Fire and it remains estimated at 14,117 acres with 35% containment,” Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said of one of the largest fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1200\" height=\"650\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px\">(Map by Matthew Green/KQED)\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>This map is updated regularly throughout the day. Wildfire locations and perimeters are sourced from \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/\">Cal Fire\u003c/a> and updated multiple times per day. Click on each fire icon for more incident-specific detail. Evacuation zones and wind conditions can viewed by clicking the layers button (top left). If map is not loading correctly on your device, try \u003ca href=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\">viewing it here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Palisades fire, which spans more than 23,000 acres, is just 19% contained, according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, meteorologists initially called for particularly strong winds that turned out to be lighter that expected, according to NPR member station \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/extreme-fire-weather-palisades-eaton\">LAist\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a reprieve in the high winds was expected from Thursday into Saturday. NWS meteorologist Ryan Kittell noted that the service is worried about “one last [wind] enhancement” through Wednesday and that peak winds would be highest in Ventura County.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12021954,news_12021019,news_12021125\"]Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had difficulty describing the devastation that has befallen her city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The massive, massive destruction. Is unimaginable until you actually see it,” Bass said. Even so, she said, it was time “to begin to think about how we rebuild.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the fires broke out last week, responders from across the U.S., Canada and Mexico have come to the aid of Southern California. “Yesterday, I also had the opportunity to meet with our international partners from Mexico to express our heartfelt gratitude for their assistance. The outpouring of support from both near and far, I tell you, is absolutely remarkable,” LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 25 dead, 17 were killed in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/7/eaton-fire\">Eaton Fire\u003c/a> and eight in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/7/palisades-fire\">Palisades Fire\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/eaton-palisades-fires-death-toll\">LAist says\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>As he drives the streets that wind through the Claremont Hills, David Kessler points out sites that burned nearly 35 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The house that one family and their baby narrowly evacuated after a neighbor rattled them awake; the reservoir on Drury Road that failed as pumps burned up, drying out the garden hose his wife, Nancy, was using to ward off flames; the now-overgrown hillsides and new builds that David walked straight through in the days after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893199/the-oakland-hills-fire-transformed-firefighting-along-a-citys-edge-in-california\">the Oakland Hills firestorm\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David and Nancy’s was one of nearly 3,500 homes lost in that deadly blaze in October 1991.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, watching wind-whipped wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022057/the-california-wildfires-could-be-leaving-deeper-inequality-in-their-wake\">devastate Los Angeles\u003c/a>, they’re among the residents of the hills who worry about when another could strike here and how prepared the city will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the wind roars, “it wakes up,” Nancy said. “It’s loud, and it certainly triggers [thoughts of] ‘Uh-oh, this is bad.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12022193 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Golden Gate, as seen from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. This area was spared from severe damage during the Oakland Hills fire in 1991, possibly due to its unique terrain and moist wind coming east from the Golden Gate. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Northern California has mostly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020521/winds-raise-extreme-fire-risk-in-southern-california-but-bay-area-is-spared-by-rain\">steered clear of fire risk\u003c/a> this month thanks to a rainy November and December. But a second round of dry winds, known as the Santa Anas in Southern California and Diablos here, are drying out the brush and vegetation in the East Bay Hills, and as fire officials have warned repeatedly in recent weeks, there is no longer an off-season when it comes to wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alternating periods of abundant rain and drought, homes nestled in hilly terrain, dry winds that howl through the canyons — many of the factors driving the disaster in Los Angeles are all too familiar to residents of the Oakland Hills. They have given rise to heightened concern, but also a concerted effort to better prepare the community for fire in the decades since 1991.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can feel the wind right now,” Elizabeth Stage said from her deck overlooking Oakland’s Claremont Canyon on Monday. The ’91 firestorm, formally known as the Tunnel Fire, narrowly missed her home on Alvarado Drive, stopping just two houses up the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t have to be a Diablo wind, it just has to be a steady wind like this that’s drying out the vegetation. And in the high winds, embers can go a couple of miles,” she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022195\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Stage, president of the Oakland Fire Safe Council, talks about the 1991 Oakland Firestorm/Tunnel Fire, in her home on Alvarado Road, above Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the wind picks up or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022118/particularly-dangerous-situation-red-flag-warning-and-other-wildfire-terms-explained\">a red flag warning\u003c/a> is issued, she tests the batteries on the flashlights in her bedroom and car, pulls out her \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834901/fire-evacuation-what-actually-happens-and-how-can-you-plan\">go-bag\u003c/a> to add clothes and refill out-of-date medications, and reminds herself how to open her garage door without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stage, who is the president of the grassroots Oakland Firesafe Council, has also invested in hardening her home, adding a fireproof deck, double-pane sliding glass doors and cement siding near her gutters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kesslers now keep their passports and birth certificates in a carry case by the front door, ready to grab at a moment’s notice year-round. In ’91, they lost Nancy’s family Bible, which had been passed down for 200 years, and portraits David’s mother painted of him throughout his childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past few weeks, they’ve also been trimming trees and taking out plants on their property that have grown too close to their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022189\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Kessler searches for a postcard of a painting by his mother in a filing cabinet in his home on Vicente Drive on Jan. 13, 2025. He and his wife lost almost all of their belongings, including a number of original paintings by his mother. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We took out this rose that Nancy went to Santa Rosa to get 20 years ago,” David said. “We’ll probably have to trim that oleander some, it’s probably too close to the house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work, never-ending labor for many here, is a reminder that the hills remain vulnerable decades after the Tunnel Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The topography hasn’t changed,” said Dan Robertson, a retired firefighter who lives above Montclair Park. “Historically, the portion of the Oakland Hills that burned during the firestorm in ‘91 has burned similarly about once every 20 to 30 years. It’ll take a combination of factors and some things are definitely better, but I think really people don’t understand how fast these things can happen and move in the right conditions and right situations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A more fire-resilient community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fire danger looms in the minds of people in the East Bay Hills because it can and likely will happen again, Robertson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, he pointed out, circumstances have changed since ’91, and the city has worked to better prepare the area for disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022246\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1316\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-800x526.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-1020x671.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-1536x1011.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-1920x1263.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shot from a helicopter, photographer Robert Eplett captured this image of dozens of burned-down homes and scorched trees after the 1991 fire in the Oakland Hills. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Robert Eplett)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One way the East Bay differs from L.A. is the network of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11786138/fire-safe-councils-help-vulnerable-communities-prepare-for-wildfires\">community advocacy groups\u003c/a> residents have built since the Tunnel Fire, Stage said. The Oakland Firesafe Council, which she leads, promotes public safety improvements, along with the North Hills Community Association, which David chairs, and Claremont Canyon Conservancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look up your address and see how many fire-safe councils are within 10 miles of you, and then look at my sister’s address down in L.A. and see how many are within 10 miles of her,” Stage said. “She’s on the boundary of L.A., right by Culver City. There’s one in Newport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve taught homeowners ways to harden their homes and \u003ca href=\"http://v\">clear out risky vegetation\u003c/a>. All of the Kesslers’ neighbors have upgraded to grade-A fire-safe roofs, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s fire departments have also improved mutual aid since the ’90s. Before the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010151/oakland-fire-spreads-to-nearby-homes-amid-dry-windy-conditions\">Keller Fire\u003c/a> broke out close to Interstate 580 in October, California’s Office of Emergency Services had pre-positioned a strike team in strategic locations in the hills, and the Oakland Fire Department had sent crews on roving patrols, according to spokesperson Michael Hunt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010226\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010226\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire crews respond to the Keller Fire in Oakland on Oct. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Oakland has grappled with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021147/la-fire-chief-warned-budget-cuts-would-hurt-in-a-disaster-oakland-has-heard-similar\">cuts to public safety services\u003c/a> in the face of a massive city deficit, Hunt said the Fire Department’s roaming patrols will continue on all red flag days “no matter the budget.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021872 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OFD also opened Station 7 in the northern Oakland Hills in 1999 and — until the latest round of budget cuts — had reopened Station 28 near Joaquin Miller Park, which Robertson recalls was closed during the Tunnel Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, Oakland also passed Measure MM, which will fund a vegetation management plan designed to reduce wildfire risk across 1,900 acres of city property and 300 miles of roadside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stage, who spearheaded the effort, said the annual $99 parcel tax will remove brush and flammable, dead and dying trees within 100 feet of roadsides and increase the presence of grazing goats, which munch on vegetation in the steep hills, among other prevention efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunt said that money would likely become available in July and would fund efforts starting next winter and spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>More complicated evacuation efforts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As residents and officials take steps to prevent another disaster in the Oakland Hills, they face some challenges that didn’t exist in 1991.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one, more people are living in the hillside neighborhoods than there were three decades ago. Stage told KQED that while door-knocking for MM, she learned that many households had also become multigenerational, and even some groups of UC Berkeley students were renting in the Claremont Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents also generally have more, bigger cars, which can \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021444/many-communities-arent-ready-for-wildfire-evacuations-heres-what-they-can-do\">slow evacuations\u003c/a>. Stage said if every household took just one car, it would go fairly smoothly, but people seldom want to risk leaving their vehicles to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was supposed to be one of our neighbor’s son’s college education,” David Kessler said, pointing to a photograph of his neighbor waving from a red sedan in an album he keeps from the years just before and after the Tunnel Fire. “He was supposed to pay for it with that little sports car, but it didn’t happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022188\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_00686_duo-scaled-e1736903093685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1420\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Personal photographs of David and Nancy Kessler’s residence seen after they lost their home in the Oakland Hills in the blaze of 1991 on Vicente Driv, on Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Firesafe Council is hoping to get an evacuation message out this month, urging people to learn a few routes they can take out of the hills, depending on where a blaze starts, and to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020808/as-la-fires-rage-harrowing-evacuations-play-out-on-traffic-choked-roads\">take just one vehicle in an emergency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The best thing you can do is when you hear that National Weather Service or whomsoever is forecasting the likelihood of high fire conditions, if you are mobility impaired in any way, if you have three children and a dog and grandma to get down the hill, etc., — just go visit a relative, just get out of dodge,” Stage told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council is also helping parking enforcement crackdown on visitors who park along the streets’ sides — many of which are designated no-parking zones and fire lanes — but even without vehicles lining them, many of the roadways are extremely narrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People underestimate how big a fire truck is driving around these streets,” Robertson said. “Parking rules and enforcing parking laws is one thing, but the streets were designed when cars were much smaller and people didn’t have as many.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Budget cuts hamper plans\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020393/2-oakland-fire-stations-close-amid-budget-crisis-more-could-follow\">budget crisis at City Hall\u003c/a> has forced some cost-saving measures at the Fire Department, prompting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021147/la-fire-chief-warned-budget-cuts-would-hurt-in-a-disaster-oakland-has-heard-similar\">dire warnings from firefighters\u003c/a> about their ability to respond to an emergency in the hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three stations in Oakland are currently closed, and four more could shutter next month as the city \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">slashes spending across departments\u003c/a> to cure a nearly $130 million budget deficit. Residents are pressuring officials to restore the fire services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022194\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022194\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-800x640.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-1020x816.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-1920x1536.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dry rain gauge sits on the front deck of Elizabeth Stage’s home on Alvarado Road, above Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, on Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Closing four more firehouses would be the end of fire protection as we know it in Oakland,” said Councilmember Zac Unger, who led the city firefighters union before retiring to take his City Council seat this month. “There is no way to close seven firehouses and not have devastating impacts on both the citizens and on firefighter safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funding from the sale of the Oakland Coliseum is earmarked to reopen the fire stations when it becomes available, but the deal has been stalled as the developers seeking to buy the stadium work with Alameda County on their plan to buy the other 50% stake from the A’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A vote on Tuesday committed\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"> \u003c/span>the body to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022106/alameda-county-moves-closer-to-oakland-coliseum-sale-final-vote-expected-in-30-days\">reaching a deal within a month\u003c/a>, but if that goes through, Oakland’s funds will still be tied up in escrow until closing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, David Kessler sticks to the belief that his house won’t burn down twice. But he also knows well that it isn’t invincible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of like no one person can start a nuclear war,” he said. “One person can start a huge fire, one arsonist or one careless person can just destroy a whole neighborhood and kill people. Because when it’s dry and the wind is blowing, the fire starts, it’s almost impossible to put it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, watching wind-whipped wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022057/the-california-wildfires-could-be-leaving-deeper-inequality-in-their-wake\">devastate Los Angeles\u003c/a>, they’re among the residents of the hills who worry about when another could strike here and how prepared the city will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the wind roars, “it wakes up,” Nancy said. “It’s loud, and it certainly triggers [thoughts of] ‘Uh-oh, this is bad.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12022193 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Golden Gate, as seen from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. This area was spared from severe damage during the Oakland Hills fire in 1991, possibly due to its unique terrain and moist wind coming east from the Golden Gate. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Northern California has mostly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020521/winds-raise-extreme-fire-risk-in-southern-california-but-bay-area-is-spared-by-rain\">steered clear of fire risk\u003c/a> this month thanks to a rainy November and December. But a second round of dry winds, known as the Santa Anas in Southern California and Diablos here, are drying out the brush and vegetation in the East Bay Hills, and as fire officials have warned repeatedly in recent weeks, there is no longer an off-season when it comes to wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alternating periods of abundant rain and drought, homes nestled in hilly terrain, dry winds that howl through the canyons — many of the factors driving the disaster in Los Angeles are all too familiar to residents of the Oakland Hills. They have given rise to heightened concern, but also a concerted effort to better prepare the community for fire in the decades since 1991.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can feel the wind right now,” Elizabeth Stage said from her deck overlooking Oakland’s Claremont Canyon on Monday. The ’91 firestorm, formally known as the Tunnel Fire, narrowly missed her home on Alvarado Drive, stopping just two houses up the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t have to be a Diablo wind, it just has to be a steady wind like this that’s drying out the vegetation. And in the high winds, embers can go a couple of miles,” she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022195\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Stage, president of the Oakland Fire Safe Council, talks about the 1991 Oakland Firestorm/Tunnel Fire, in her home on Alvarado Road, above Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the wind picks up or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022118/particularly-dangerous-situation-red-flag-warning-and-other-wildfire-terms-explained\">a red flag warning\u003c/a> is issued, she tests the batteries on the flashlights in her bedroom and car, pulls out her \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834901/fire-evacuation-what-actually-happens-and-how-can-you-plan\">go-bag\u003c/a> to add clothes and refill out-of-date medications, and reminds herself how to open her garage door without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stage, who is the president of the grassroots Oakland Firesafe Council, has also invested in hardening her home, adding a fireproof deck, double-pane sliding glass doors and cement siding near her gutters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kesslers now keep their passports and birth certificates in a carry case by the front door, ready to grab at a moment’s notice year-round. In ’91, they lost Nancy’s family Bible, which had been passed down for 200 years, and portraits David’s mother painted of him throughout his childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past few weeks, they’ve also been trimming trees and taking out plants on their property that have grown too close to their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022189\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Kessler searches for a postcard of a painting by his mother in a filing cabinet in his home on Vicente Drive on Jan. 13, 2025. He and his wife lost almost all of their belongings, including a number of original paintings by his mother. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We took out this rose that Nancy went to Santa Rosa to get 20 years ago,” David said. “We’ll probably have to trim that oleander some, it’s probably too close to the house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work, never-ending labor for many here, is a reminder that the hills remain vulnerable decades after the Tunnel Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The topography hasn’t changed,” said Dan Robertson, a retired firefighter who lives above Montclair Park. “Historically, the portion of the Oakland Hills that burned during the firestorm in ‘91 has burned similarly about once every 20 to 30 years. It’ll take a combination of factors and some things are definitely better, but I think really people don’t understand how fast these things can happen and move in the right conditions and right situations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A more fire-resilient community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fire danger looms in the minds of people in the East Bay Hills because it can and likely will happen again, Robertson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, he pointed out, circumstances have changed since ’91, and the city has worked to better prepare the area for disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022246\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1316\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-800x526.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-1020x671.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-1536x1011.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-1920x1263.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shot from a helicopter, photographer Robert Eplett captured this image of dozens of burned-down homes and scorched trees after the 1991 fire in the Oakland Hills. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Robert Eplett)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One way the East Bay differs from L.A. is the network of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11786138/fire-safe-councils-help-vulnerable-communities-prepare-for-wildfires\">community advocacy groups\u003c/a> residents have built since the Tunnel Fire, Stage said. The Oakland Firesafe Council, which she leads, promotes public safety improvements, along with the North Hills Community Association, which David chairs, and Claremont Canyon Conservancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look up your address and see how many fire-safe councils are within 10 miles of you, and then look at my sister’s address down in L.A. and see how many are within 10 miles of her,” Stage said. “She’s on the boundary of L.A., right by Culver City. There’s one in Newport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve taught homeowners ways to harden their homes and \u003ca href=\"http://v\">clear out risky vegetation\u003c/a>. All of the Kesslers’ neighbors have upgraded to grade-A fire-safe roofs, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s fire departments have also improved mutual aid since the ’90s. Before the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010151/oakland-fire-spreads-to-nearby-homes-amid-dry-windy-conditions\">Keller Fire\u003c/a> broke out close to Interstate 580 in October, California’s Office of Emergency Services had pre-positioned a strike team in strategic locations in the hills, and the Oakland Fire Department had sent crews on roving patrols, according to spokesperson Michael Hunt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010226\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010226\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire crews respond to the Keller Fire in Oakland on Oct. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Oakland has grappled with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021147/la-fire-chief-warned-budget-cuts-would-hurt-in-a-disaster-oakland-has-heard-similar\">cuts to public safety services\u003c/a> in the face of a massive city deficit, Hunt said the Fire Department’s roaming patrols will continue on all red flag days “no matter the budget.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Stage told KQED that while door-knocking for MM, she learned that many households had also become multigenerational, and even some groups of UC Berkeley students were renting in the Claremont Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents also generally have more, bigger cars, which can \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021444/many-communities-arent-ready-for-wildfire-evacuations-heres-what-they-can-do\">slow evacuations\u003c/a>. Stage said if every household took just one car, it would go fairly smoothly, but people seldom want to risk leaving their vehicles to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was supposed to be one of our neighbor’s son’s college education,” David Kessler said, pointing to a photograph of his neighbor waving from a red sedan in an album he keeps from the years just before and after the Tunnel Fire. “He was supposed to pay for it with that little sports car, but it didn’t happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022188\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_00686_duo-scaled-e1736903093685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1420\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Personal photographs of David and Nancy Kessler’s residence seen after they lost their home in the Oakland Hills in the blaze of 1991 on Vicente Driv, on Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. 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The suggestion that Congress should place conditions on relief aid needed by thousands of Californians provoked a mixed response from state leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill Jackson, who leads the San Francisco Republican Party, said it would be appropriate to put stipulations on federal assistance. 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It’s a pragmatic thing,” Jackson said. “We should not use our federal government as a piggy bank to bail out residents or cities that build extremely fire-prone areas, especially when they haven’t done enough mitigation to prevent a disaster like this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that while it would be impossible to completely prevent natural disasters from occurring, things can be done to reduce the impact of wildfires in cities such as Los Angeles. Californians, Jackson claimed, should consider how much risk is associated with building in certain areas and what measures can be taken to make sure \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021125/la-fires-renew-debate-over-prescribed-burns-and-fire-preparedness-in-california\">a neighborhood is more resilient to wildfire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021435 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAPalisadesFireAP-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although he disagrees with tying relief considerations to political issues like the country’s debt ceiling, which Johnson and \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/13/house-republicans-trump-wildfire-aid-00197766\">other Republican politicians\u003c/a> have suggested, Jackson said state officials should feel the pressure to be fiscally responsible when it comes to recovering from the fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rules and policies have to change to force the state and localities to make shifts that dramatically reduce the chances that people are going to come back to the federal government for a large bailout in the future,” Jackson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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"content": "\u003cp>A “particularly dangerous situation red flag warning” has been issued for parts of Southern California, as more extreme winds are expected to impact the region and deadly fires continue to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rare, National Weather Service-issued PDS warning is for “\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/nwslosangeles/status/1879099654337667553?s=12&t=zqhVQvPMIcoxuuo4LPBNMw\">extremely rare and dangerous fire weather conditions\u003c/a> that have previously led to large and dangerous deadly wildfires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In effect for parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties through noon Wednesday, the PDS red flag warning signals that “this setup is about as bad as it gets,” \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/nwslosangeles/status/1878882840492044401?s=12&t=zqhVQvPMIcoxuuo4LPBNMw\">the NWS says\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, as member station LAist reports, the PDS red flag warning has already been issued \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/cheat-sheet-what-is-a-pds-weather-fire-talk\">a few other times in recent months\u003c/a> — an indication of the extreme weather Southern California is facing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “particularly dangerous situation” term was first used in the 1980s as guidance for tornado watches, says Marc Chenard, a meteorologist at the NWS Weather Prediction Center. 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They are caused by high pressure over the desert Southwest and push through the mountain passages in Southern California toward an area of lower pressure off the Pacific coast. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5252535/palisades-fire-california-los-angeles-santa-ana-winds\">More on the Santa Ana winds\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Evacuation Warning:\u003c/strong> There is “impending danger” to life or property, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/know-the-difference-what-evacuation-warnings-and-orders-mean/\">California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services\u003c/a>. A person should also expect an order to evacuate will follow shortly after.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Evacuation Order:\u003c/strong> The office also says there is an “immediate threat” to one’s life and people within an evacuation zone should leave immediately. \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/evacuation-orders-warnings-what-they-mean-emergency-wildfire-earthquake\">More on evacuation warnings and orders from LAist\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Containment:\u003c/strong> Several factors determine how much of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/12/21/572305828/what-does-containing-a-fire-really-mean\">fire has been contained\u003c/a>. Rather than describing how much of a fire has been put out, it refers to how much of a perimeter firefighters have created around a fire to prevent it from spreading. \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/what-is-fire-containment\">More on containment from LAist\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Prescribed burns:\u003c/strong> Also called prescribed fires, they are controlled fires used as a tool in firefighting to help prevent forest fires from burning out of control, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/prescribed-fire#:~:text=Prescribed%20fires%2C%20also%20known%20as,ecosystems%20that%20depend%20on%20fire.\">U.S. Forest Service\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021125/la-fires-renew-debate-over-prescribed-burns-and-fire-preparedness-in-california\">More on the debate over prescribed burns from member station KQED\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How to help and stay safe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Resources to help stay safe:\u003cbr>\n➡️ \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/authorities-ask-residents-to-evacuate-when-ordered-warned\">\u003cstrong>With fire danger still high, authorities implore you to follow evacuation orders.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n➡️ \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/dos-donts-after-wildfire\">\u003cstrong>What to do — and not do — when you get home after a fire evacuation.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n➡️\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5256230/smoke-home-air-purifier-box-fan\"> \u003cstrong>Is smoke in your home? 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They are caused by high pressure over the desert Southwest and push through the mountain passages in Southern California toward an area of lower pressure off the Pacific coast. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5252535/palisades-fire-california-los-angeles-santa-ana-winds\">More on the Santa Ana winds\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Evacuation Warning:\u003c/strong> There is “impending danger” to life or property, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/know-the-difference-what-evacuation-warnings-and-orders-mean/\">California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services\u003c/a>. A person should also expect an order to evacuate will follow shortly after.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Evacuation Order:\u003c/strong> The office also says there is an “immediate threat” to one’s life and people within an evacuation zone should leave immediately. \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/evacuation-orders-warnings-what-they-mean-emergency-wildfire-earthquake\">More on evacuation warnings and orders from LAist\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Containment:\u003c/strong> Several factors determine how much of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/12/21/572305828/what-does-containing-a-fire-really-mean\">fire has been contained\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles has been devastated by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022028/about-as-bad-as-it-gets-fire-danger-heightens-as-strong-winds-bear-down-on-la\">the most destructive wildfire event in the region’s history,\u003c/a> with the combined fires claiming at least 25 lives and \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents\">destroying over 12,300 homes, buildings and landmarks\u003c/a> according to CalFire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also on track to become \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-natural-disasters-losses-insurance-recovery-d2f24e44d75503118643151eaee947fb\">the most expensive wildfire\u003c/a> in U.S. history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#los-angeles-fires-where-donate\">Where to donate to support L.A. fire victims\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#go-fund-me-fema\">Starting a GoFundMe? What to know about FEMA rules\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#wildfire-help-for-family\">Resources for L.A. friends and family\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#fundraising-scams-la-fires\">How to spot a fundraising scam\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area residents have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13970214/supply-drives-mutual-aid-los-angeles-eaton-palisades-wildfires\">strong ties to the L.A. area\u003c/a> and may be fearing for the safety of their loved ones. If you’re looking to help, local organizations, activists and community members in L.A. are organizing fundraising and mutual efforts, which you can donate to or otherwise support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out how you can help those in the L.A. area impacted by wildfire. Bear in mind: The situation in Southern California is still evolving, and this list of resources or organizations asking for assistance is not exhaustive — but we’ll keep updating it as we learn more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021158\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192340854.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192340854.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192340854-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192340854-1020x685.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192340854-160x108.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Velma Wright, age 102, is evacuated from a care facility as embers and flames approach during the Eaton fire in Pasadena on Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"los-angeles-fires-where-donate\">\u003c/a>L.A. fire help: I want to send donations to support an organization\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you want to send money — or items like clothes — to the areas affected by the L.A. wildfires, organizations asking for help include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>General support for wildfire assistance and firefighters\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The Los Angeles Fire Department, which has \u003ca href=\"https://supportlafd.kindful.com/?campaign=1040812\">a wildfire emergency fund\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://cpf.salsalabs.org/disasterrelief/index.html\">California Fire Foundation.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>California Community Foundation’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.calfund.org/funds/wildfire-recovery-fund/\">Wildfire Recovery Fund\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://pasadena.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=6192\">Eaton Canyon Fire Relief and Recovery Fund.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://antirecidivism.org/\">Anti-Recidivism Coalition\u003c/a>, to support \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021720/californias-reliance-on-incarcerated-firefighters-sparks-debate-over-low-pay-and-dangerous-work\">incarcerated firefighters.\u003c/a> (Be sure to write “firefighter fund” in your donation.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Supporting children and schools \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The California Department of Education, which is asking for \u003ca href=\"https://supplybank.org/disaster-relief-fund/\">donations through SupplyBank.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Baby2Baby, which is \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/baby2baby/p/DEk4PjlydJz/\">providing assistance\u003c/a> to help with diapers and formulas for young children and families.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://projectcamp.co/2025-1-lafires\">Project Camp\u003c/a>, which provides “trauma-informed childcare for displaced families in the aftermath of disasters.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://donate.onecause.com/emergency-relief-fund/donate\">Boys & Girls Club of Malibu\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://breastfeedla.networkforgood.com/projects/244427-wildfire-relief-2025\">BreastfeedLA\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Food banks and meals\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://secure.lafoodbank.org/site/Donation2?df_id=5221&mfc_pref=T&5221.donation=form1&_ga=2.210957523.771371771.1736464189-547050206.1736464189\">Los Angeles Regional Food Bank,\u003c/a> which is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.lafoodbank.org/fire/\">accepting food and non-food items.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://donate.wck.org/give/654000/#!/donation/checkout\">World Central Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.noresgourmet.org/la-fires\">No Res Gourmet \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Community organizing \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LillyLuWrites/status/1876936303117287520\">Mask Bloc LA\u003c/a>, which provides respirators and masks.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://secure.actblue.com/donate/lafires2025\">National Day Laborer Organizing Network\u003c/a>, which is specifically fundraising for immigrant workers impacted by the fires.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/waterdropla/\">Water Drop LA\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ktownforall/\">KTown for All\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://hofoco.org/\">Hollywood Food Coalition\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://donate.directrelief.org/give/406660/#!/donation/checkout\">Direct Relief\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/socal-fire-climber-relief-fund\">Climber Relief Fund\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://mutualaidla.org/\">Mutual Aid LA\u003c/a> has\u003ca href=\"https://malan.softr.app/groups\"> a list of mutual aid organizations\u003c/a> in the region.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://enla.org/donate\">Emergency Network Los Angeles\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/8c91f700-aef4-4f1b-bbe8-9eec2929cbf0\">Latino Community Foundation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DEndXUyy9f8/?img_index=1\">LA-based healthcare apparel company FIGS\u003c/a> has support for healthcare workers.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Support for animals\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://give.pasadenahumane.org/give/654134/#!/donation/checkout\">Pasadena Humane Society\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>General response organizations\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.redcross.org/local/california/los-angeles.html?srsltid=AfmBOopHUG1eE7muN18oaFB9qhjLZzew3CpifQUrPZX_1pOaNrkPZEcJ\">The American Red Cross\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://give-sc.salvationarmy.org/give/654073/#!/donation/checkout\">Salvation Army\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.coreresponse.org/southern-california-wildfires/\">Core Response\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://secure.projecthope.org/site/SPageNavigator/FY25_01_LA_Fire_Restricted_Media_LO_12859.html\">Project HOPE\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.globalempowermentmission.org/donate/mission/la-county-wildfires/\">Global Empowerment Mission\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://donate.teamrubiconusa.org/Donation/tr-25-web-popup/\">Team Rubicon\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/nam/\">Samaritan’s Purse\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GoFundMe pages and other individual fundraisers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/california\">GoFundMe has a list of verified fundraiser\u003c/a>s for those impacted by the fires, including one that \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/wildfire-relief-fund-2025\">the website is running itself\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents are also updating spreadsheets and \u003ca href=\"https://www.fireaid.info/\">websites like Fireaid.info\u003c/a> with links to fundraisers and Venmo accounts, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1km3lEvdVY70P3875guzujp5xtoIFMr6jVZVxfpN3MeA/htmlview\">mutual aid directory of Latine families\u003c/a> displaced by the fires\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1pK5omSsD4KGhjEHCVgcVw-rd4FZP9haoijEx1mSAm5c/htmlview?pli=1\">list of fundraisers for Black families\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jRNRu0wtSmZWBG7wvZewr7Sz9zRhRva13oPc1rE_tpc/htmlview#gid=0\">crowdsourced list of Hollywood crew members\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vKz-UTzE6gbd4PdxJnVEslD6kq4r0kJMIRaebdQBzzU/edit?gid=0#gid=0\">Renters that have lost housing.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But it’s worth highlighting: the organizers of these crowdsourced lists has not been able to verify each fundraiser, and\u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/post/california-wildfires-officials-warn-price-gouging-scams-palisades-eaton-fire-victims-seek-help/15795455/\"> officials are warning of potential scams\u003c/a> (as well as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021308/wildfire-los-angeles-price-gouging-palisades-eaton-hurst-lidia-sunset-fires\">price gouging\u003c/a>) amid the L.A. fires. This all means that it’s important to make sure a fundraiser is legitimate before sending any money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015913668-Determining-if-a-fundraiser-is-trustworthy\">GoFundMe has a guide on verifying a fundraiser\u003c/a>, and the company encourages donors to see if:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Family and friends are making donations and commenting words of support on the page\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The pages clearly details if intended recipient in control of the withdrawals. If not, is there a clear path for the funds to reach the victims?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Does it seem like the GoFundMe is copying someone else’s story? (For example, you can check this by looking up the description on Google, and seeing if the exact sentences where used in another fundraiser.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>See below for \u003ca href=\"#fundraising-scams-la-fires\">how to spot other signs of a fundraising scam.\u003c/a> And if you’re checking up on an organization’s fundraiser to make sure it’s legitimate, you can use a tool like \u003ca href=\"https://rct.doj.ca.gov/Verification/Web/Search.aspx?facility=Y\">the Department of Justice’s search portal.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021154\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evacuees from the Palisades fire are seen at an evacuation and shelter center at Westwood Recreation Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"go-fund-me-fema\">\u003c/a>What to know when setting up a GoFundMe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If someone you know in Los Angeles is thinking of starting a GoFundMe page for themselves or someone else, there’s something they need to know: If they are seeking\u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250109/fema-assistance-available-individuals-affected-wildfires-california\"> financial assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)\u003c/a> as well, the agency says it \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/node/if-i-receive-donations-gofundme-page-or-something-similar-fema-will-not-help-me\">“cannot duplicate benefits you receive from another source.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What this means: FEMA assistance — which is\u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/fact-sheet/myths-vs-facts\"> not dependent on household income\u003c/a> — can help disaster survivors with a wide range of needs,\u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/assistance/individual/housing\"> from rental assistance to childcare to accessibility requirements\u003c/a>. (KQED has\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835318/fema-disaster-assistance-in-california-how-fire-survivors-can-apply\"> a 2020 guide on how fire survivors can apply for FEMA aid\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/node/if-i-receive-donations-gofundme-page-or-something-similar-fema-will-not-help-me\">FEMA’s rules\u003c/a>, if a person’s GoFundMe details that they’ll be using any money raised for “a specific disaster-related expense” – which the agency defines as including home repairs, funeral expenses or other emergency needs – they cannot receive funds from FEMA for the same specific purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022404/gofundme-apply-fema-disaster-aid-los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-fire\">Read our full guide to balancing FEMA’s rules with a GoFundMe effort.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/FEMARegion9/status/1879285609149370567\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"wildfire-help-for-family\">\u003c/a>L.A. fire help: I am trying to find someone in the L.A. area who I’m worried about\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are unable to get a hold of someone who lives in the region after multiple attempts, cities will often suggest you call \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/pasadenagov/status/1877050749273698604?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">their non-emergency hotline\u003c/a>. For example, Pasadena’s line is 626-744-4241.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LA County also recommends that if you’re looking for someone, or want to let your family know you’re safe, \u003ca href=\"https://lacounty.gov/emergency/\">you can contact the Red Cross at (800) 675-5799.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>L.A. fire help: I want to support friends and family in the area \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Take a look at KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020872/la-fires-eaton-fire-palisades-pasadena-wildfire-resources-air-quality\">guide to many relevant wildfire resources\u003c/a>, which you can send to loved ones in the Los Angeles region – using our past experiences in Northern California as an example. These links have key details for people actively living through a wildfire disaster, including what to pack in an emergency go-bag and how an evacuation order works. Make sure the ones you love are truly ready and prepared to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tell your L.A. networks to download \u003ca href=\"https://app.watchduty.org/\">the free Watch Duty app\u003c/a>, which provides \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020980/what-is-watch-duty-and-how-does-the-app-track-wildfires\">alerts around evacuation notices\u003c/a>. They should also \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/evacuation-orders-warnings-what-they-mean-emergency-wildfire-earthquake\">sign up for their county’s own emergency alert systems\u003c/a>, by finding their region in \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/evacuation-orders-warnings-what-they-mean-emergency-wildfire-earthquake\">\u003cem>LAist\u003c/em>’s list\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some L.A.-specific resources you can forward to loved ones in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250109/fema-assistance-available-individuals-affected-wildfires-california\">Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance\u003c/a> for Southern California residents\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>L.A. County’s list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DEjgkdMtEuF/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&img_index=1\">evacuation shelters.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://211la.org/LA-Wildfires\">211 LA’s resource page.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Airbnb is \u003ca href=\"https://care.211cs.org/public-survey/86c5adf88e2a29c103df24ba5f48cd3f6cf9a9171207a15954dbb8b9649429f0\">providing temporary shelter\u003c/a> for those impacted by the fires.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DEjhEgiRE9y/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">Mutual Aid LA’s\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KMk34XY5dsvVJjAoD2mQUVHYU_Ib6COz6jcGH5uJWDY/htmlview?usp=sharing&fbclid=PAY2xjawHrnGFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpst3amFRSOgC7Air4xObHifASKSvzuX8nX9ygQqoi2SOBKSRMqM8yeSmkw_aem_oB_9sdLelaf8MSik6jnFAg\">updating spreadsheet of resources.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1rT8CJfwy5PjEMJsLP_IUQO39RJmcD2xnUMuUB2l-SBE/mobilebasic?fbclid=PAY2xjawHrwL5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpp6kmWqU2grHnGEluWz9_cBV8y6lMfZcTiWWSPMhxGkzMJFgbZTCpxmpgw_aem_LMf-AWpouJE0_8ujvw_BCw\">crowdsourced list\u003c/a> by L.A. resident and journalist Nicholas Slayton.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1itHRf_K30jebqz1vYMjhjMsu7OV549gV-_G58hXPOYs/edit?gid=0#gid=0\">crowdsourced list \u003c/a>by a local climbing club to connect people to fire victims who need supplies like sleeping bags.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://envirovoters.org/southern-california-is-in-crisis/?utm_source=muckrack&utm_medium=pressrelease&utm_campaign=Rapid_Response25&utm_content=LA_Fires0108\">California Environmental Voters\u003c/a> has a list of evacuation centers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Judy Chu’s \u003ca href=\"https://chu.house.gov/EatonFire\">resource list\u003c/a> for those impacted by the Eaton Fire.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/laymagdalene333/status/1876892527095091327?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">Disability and Disaster Hotline\u003c/a>: 800-626-4959.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lausd.org/schoolupdates\">Los Angeles Unified Schools\u003c/a> is providing mental health support for students and their families at 213-241-3840. Employees can access support at 800-882-1341.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1MxHHQh774ARyH1xM1wCIrrW3VjWyelN8dk5qw9LDOb8/htmlview\">Free mental health services being offered around L.A.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Should the worst happen, the \u003cem>L.A. Times\u003c/em> also has a step-by-step guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-08/insurance-explainer\">what to do after losing your home or business in a fire\u003c/a>. KQED also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021661/3-things-that-folks-facing-los-angeles-fires-can-do-from-a-fellow-california-wildfire-survivor\">a guide to coping in the aftermath of a wildfire from a survivor of the 2017 Tubbs Fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021159\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021159\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192410265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192410265.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192410265-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192410265-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192410265-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evacuees from the Palisades fire are seen at an evacuation and shelter center at Westwood Recreation Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"fundraising-scams-la-fires\">\u003c/a>What are some signs of a fundraising scam?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sadly, it is common to see scams pop up during times of distress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addressing anyone who intended to use the L.A. fires as an opportunity to steal, LA District Attorney Nathan Hochman said that “if you want to engage in these internet scams where you’re going to take advantage of people who are going to be seeking insurance and government benefits, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/09/nx-s1-5253785/los-angeles-pasadena-california-fires\">you will be arrested, you will be prosecuted and you will be punished to the full extent of the law.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11957996/how-to-help-the-people-of-lahaina-on-maui-after-devastating-wildfires\">the wildfires that devastated Mau\u003c/a>i in 2023, Hawai’i Attorney General Anne Lopez \u003ca href=\"https://governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/2023-35-attorney-general-lopez-cautions-those-seeking-to-donate-to-victims-of-the-maui-wildfires-to-avoid-scams/\">cautioned people\u003c/a> to be careful who they send their donations to. “In moments of crisis, we all must be extra vigilant against bad actors who try to take advantage of people’s goodwill,” she warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can look up to see if a charity is valid through \u003ca href=\"https://rct.doj.ca.gov/Verification/Web/Search.aspx?facility=Y\">the California Attorney General website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mutual aid funds independent of official organizations are also common during times of crisis — and sometimes \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/mutual-aid-groups-ponder-future-of-community-based-help\">even preferred by those impacted\u003c/a> so they can directly receive the money. Families may also \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-navarro-family-after-devastating-loss?attribution_id=sl:3dbdc133-f7f1-495b-81b9-382d9fda81e4&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link\">set up their own fundraising\u003c/a> through websites like GoFundMe. Remember that \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/california\">GoFundMe has a list of verified fundraiser\u003c/a>s for those impacted by the fires, including one that \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/wildfire-relief-fund-2025\">the website is running itself\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you would want to give online, in 2023, the Hawai’i Attorney General highlighted what the office considered to be suspicious behavior they’d seen around Maui fundraising, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Pressuring or hurrying you to make a donation.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Asking for a donation through cash or a gift card.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Using a name that sounds like the name of a real charity.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Making “lots of vague and sentimental claims but give no specifics about how your donation will be used.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021160\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021160\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192390985.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192390985.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192390985-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192390985-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192390985-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacific Palisades residents seen walking through a shopping plaza after escaping the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What should I tell people in L.A. about wildfire smoke?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>KQED has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1926793/protecting-your-health-from-toxic-wildfire-smoke\">a guide on protecting yourself from harms posed by wildfire smoke\u003c/a>, as there are some measures people can take to help protect their lungs from smoke pollution. Children are especially sensitive to smoke pollution, as they breathe in more air per body pound than adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tips in the guide include washing your nose out and gargling with clean water five times a day until the smoke subsides. Cloth masks — like the one you likely wore to prevent getting COVID-19 in the early years of the pandemic — will not protect your lungs from the particles found in wildfire smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can monitor air quality on sites like \u003ca href=\"https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/6a6a058a177440fdac6be881d41d4c2c/\">this map from L.A. County\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1930023/map-heres-your-daily-air-quality-report-for-the-bay-area\">use KQED’s air quality map\u003c/a> by zooming out from the Bay Area and into the L.A. region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles has been devastated by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022028/about-as-bad-as-it-gets-fire-danger-heightens-as-strong-winds-bear-down-on-la\">the most destructive wildfire event in the region’s history,\u003c/a> with the combined fires claiming at least 25 lives and \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents\">destroying over 12,300 homes, buildings and landmarks\u003c/a> according to CalFire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also on track to become \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-natural-disasters-losses-insurance-recovery-d2f24e44d75503118643151eaee947fb\">the most expensive wildfire\u003c/a> in U.S. history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#los-angeles-fires-where-donate\">Where to donate to support L.A. fire victims\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#go-fund-me-fema\">Starting a GoFundMe? What to know about FEMA rules\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#wildfire-help-for-family\">Resources for L.A. friends and family\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#fundraising-scams-la-fires\">How to spot a fundraising scam\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area residents have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13970214/supply-drives-mutual-aid-los-angeles-eaton-palisades-wildfires\">strong ties to the L.A. area\u003c/a> and may be fearing for the safety of their loved ones. If you’re looking to help, local organizations, activists and community members in L.A. are organizing fundraising and mutual efforts, which you can donate to or otherwise support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out how you can help those in the L.A. area impacted by wildfire. Bear in mind: The situation in Southern California is still evolving, and this list of resources or organizations asking for assistance is not exhaustive — but we’ll keep updating it as we learn more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021158\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192340854.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192340854.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192340854-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192340854-1020x685.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192340854-160x108.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Velma Wright, age 102, is evacuated from a care facility as embers and flames approach during the Eaton fire in Pasadena on Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"los-angeles-fires-where-donate\">\u003c/a>L.A. fire help: I want to send donations to support an organization\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you want to send money — or items like clothes — to the areas affected by the L.A. wildfires, organizations asking for help include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>General support for wildfire assistance and firefighters\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The Los Angeles Fire Department, which has \u003ca href=\"https://supportlafd.kindful.com/?campaign=1040812\">a wildfire emergency fund\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://cpf.salsalabs.org/disasterrelief/index.html\">California Fire Foundation.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>California Community Foundation’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.calfund.org/funds/wildfire-recovery-fund/\">Wildfire Recovery Fund\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://pasadena.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=6192\">Eaton Canyon Fire Relief and Recovery Fund.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://antirecidivism.org/\">Anti-Recidivism Coalition\u003c/a>, to support \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021720/californias-reliance-on-incarcerated-firefighters-sparks-debate-over-low-pay-and-dangerous-work\">incarcerated firefighters.\u003c/a> (Be sure to write “firefighter fund” in your donation.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Supporting children and schools \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The California Department of Education, which is asking for \u003ca href=\"https://supplybank.org/disaster-relief-fund/\">donations through SupplyBank.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Baby2Baby, which is \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/baby2baby/p/DEk4PjlydJz/\">providing assistance\u003c/a> to help with diapers and formulas for young children and families.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://projectcamp.co/2025-1-lafires\">Project Camp\u003c/a>, which provides “trauma-informed childcare for displaced families in the aftermath of disasters.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://donate.onecause.com/emergency-relief-fund/donate\">Boys & Girls Club of Malibu\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://breastfeedla.networkforgood.com/projects/244427-wildfire-relief-2025\">BreastfeedLA\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Food banks and meals\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://secure.lafoodbank.org/site/Donation2?df_id=5221&mfc_pref=T&5221.donation=form1&_ga=2.210957523.771371771.1736464189-547050206.1736464189\">Los Angeles Regional Food Bank,\u003c/a> which is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.lafoodbank.org/fire/\">accepting food and non-food items.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://donate.wck.org/give/654000/#!/donation/checkout\">World Central Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.noresgourmet.org/la-fires\">No Res Gourmet \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Community organizing \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LillyLuWrites/status/1876936303117287520\">Mask Bloc LA\u003c/a>, which provides respirators and masks.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://secure.actblue.com/donate/lafires2025\">National Day Laborer Organizing Network\u003c/a>, which is specifically fundraising for immigrant workers impacted by the fires.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/waterdropla/\">Water Drop LA\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ktownforall/\">KTown for All\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://hofoco.org/\">Hollywood Food Coalition\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://donate.directrelief.org/give/406660/#!/donation/checkout\">Direct Relief\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/socal-fire-climber-relief-fund\">Climber Relief Fund\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://mutualaidla.org/\">Mutual Aid LA\u003c/a> has\u003ca href=\"https://malan.softr.app/groups\"> a list of mutual aid organizations\u003c/a> in the region.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://enla.org/donate\">Emergency Network Los Angeles\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/8c91f700-aef4-4f1b-bbe8-9eec2929cbf0\">Latino Community Foundation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DEndXUyy9f8/?img_index=1\">LA-based healthcare apparel company FIGS\u003c/a> has support for healthcare workers.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Support for animals\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://give.pasadenahumane.org/give/654134/#!/donation/checkout\">Pasadena Humane Society\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>General response organizations\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.redcross.org/local/california/los-angeles.html?srsltid=AfmBOopHUG1eE7muN18oaFB9qhjLZzew3CpifQUrPZX_1pOaNrkPZEcJ\">The American Red Cross\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://give-sc.salvationarmy.org/give/654073/#!/donation/checkout\">Salvation Army\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.coreresponse.org/southern-california-wildfires/\">Core Response\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://secure.projecthope.org/site/SPageNavigator/FY25_01_LA_Fire_Restricted_Media_LO_12859.html\">Project HOPE\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.globalempowermentmission.org/donate/mission/la-county-wildfires/\">Global Empowerment Mission\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://donate.teamrubiconusa.org/Donation/tr-25-web-popup/\">Team Rubicon\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/nam/\">Samaritan’s Purse\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GoFundMe pages and other individual fundraisers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/california\">GoFundMe has a list of verified fundraiser\u003c/a>s for those impacted by the fires, including one that \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/wildfire-relief-fund-2025\">the website is running itself\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents are also updating spreadsheets and \u003ca href=\"https://www.fireaid.info/\">websites like Fireaid.info\u003c/a> with links to fundraisers and Venmo accounts, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1km3lEvdVY70P3875guzujp5xtoIFMr6jVZVxfpN3MeA/htmlview\">mutual aid directory of Latine families\u003c/a> displaced by the fires\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1pK5omSsD4KGhjEHCVgcVw-rd4FZP9haoijEx1mSAm5c/htmlview?pli=1\">list of fundraisers for Black families\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jRNRu0wtSmZWBG7wvZewr7Sz9zRhRva13oPc1rE_tpc/htmlview#gid=0\">crowdsourced list of Hollywood crew members\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vKz-UTzE6gbd4PdxJnVEslD6kq4r0kJMIRaebdQBzzU/edit?gid=0#gid=0\">Renters that have lost housing.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But it’s worth highlighting: the organizers of these crowdsourced lists has not been able to verify each fundraiser, and\u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/post/california-wildfires-officials-warn-price-gouging-scams-palisades-eaton-fire-victims-seek-help/15795455/\"> officials are warning of potential scams\u003c/a> (as well as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021308/wildfire-los-angeles-price-gouging-palisades-eaton-hurst-lidia-sunset-fires\">price gouging\u003c/a>) amid the L.A. fires. This all means that it’s important to make sure a fundraiser is legitimate before sending any money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015913668-Determining-if-a-fundraiser-is-trustworthy\">GoFundMe has a guide on verifying a fundraiser\u003c/a>, and the company encourages donors to see if:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Family and friends are making donations and commenting words of support on the page\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The pages clearly details if intended recipient in control of the withdrawals. If not, is there a clear path for the funds to reach the victims?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Does it seem like the GoFundMe is copying someone else’s story? (For example, you can check this by looking up the description on Google, and seeing if the exact sentences where used in another fundraiser.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>See below for \u003ca href=\"#fundraising-scams-la-fires\">how to spot other signs of a fundraising scam.\u003c/a> And if you’re checking up on an organization’s fundraiser to make sure it’s legitimate, you can use a tool like \u003ca href=\"https://rct.doj.ca.gov/Verification/Web/Search.aspx?facility=Y\">the Department of Justice’s search portal.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021154\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evacuees from the Palisades fire are seen at an evacuation and shelter center at Westwood Recreation Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"go-fund-me-fema\">\u003c/a>What to know when setting up a GoFundMe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If someone you know in Los Angeles is thinking of starting a GoFundMe page for themselves or someone else, there’s something they need to know: If they are seeking\u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250109/fema-assistance-available-individuals-affected-wildfires-california\"> financial assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)\u003c/a> as well, the agency says it \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/node/if-i-receive-donations-gofundme-page-or-something-similar-fema-will-not-help-me\">“cannot duplicate benefits you receive from another source.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What this means: FEMA assistance — which is\u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/fact-sheet/myths-vs-facts\"> not dependent on household income\u003c/a> — can help disaster survivors with a wide range of needs,\u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/assistance/individual/housing\"> from rental assistance to childcare to accessibility requirements\u003c/a>. (KQED has\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835318/fema-disaster-assistance-in-california-how-fire-survivors-can-apply\"> a 2020 guide on how fire survivors can apply for FEMA aid\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/node/if-i-receive-donations-gofundme-page-or-something-similar-fema-will-not-help-me\">FEMA’s rules\u003c/a>, if a person’s GoFundMe details that they’ll be using any money raised for “a specific disaster-related expense” – which the agency defines as including home repairs, funeral expenses or other emergency needs – they cannot receive funds from FEMA for the same specific purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022404/gofundme-apply-fema-disaster-aid-los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-fire\">Read our full guide to balancing FEMA’s rules with a GoFundMe effort.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"wildfire-help-for-family\">\u003c/a>L.A. fire help: I am trying to find someone in the L.A. area who I’m worried about\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are unable to get a hold of someone who lives in the region after multiple attempts, cities will often suggest you call \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/pasadenagov/status/1877050749273698604?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">their non-emergency hotline\u003c/a>. For example, Pasadena’s line is 626-744-4241.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LA County also recommends that if you’re looking for someone, or want to let your family know you’re safe, \u003ca href=\"https://lacounty.gov/emergency/\">you can contact the Red Cross at (800) 675-5799.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>L.A. fire help: I want to support friends and family in the area \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Take a look at KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020872/la-fires-eaton-fire-palisades-pasadena-wildfire-resources-air-quality\">guide to many relevant wildfire resources\u003c/a>, which you can send to loved ones in the Los Angeles region – using our past experiences in Northern California as an example. These links have key details for people actively living through a wildfire disaster, including what to pack in an emergency go-bag and how an evacuation order works. Make sure the ones you love are truly ready and prepared to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tell your L.A. networks to download \u003ca href=\"https://app.watchduty.org/\">the free Watch Duty app\u003c/a>, which provides \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020980/what-is-watch-duty-and-how-does-the-app-track-wildfires\">alerts around evacuation notices\u003c/a>. They should also \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/evacuation-orders-warnings-what-they-mean-emergency-wildfire-earthquake\">sign up for their county’s own emergency alert systems\u003c/a>, by finding their region in \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/evacuation-orders-warnings-what-they-mean-emergency-wildfire-earthquake\">\u003cem>LAist\u003c/em>’s list\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some L.A.-specific resources you can forward to loved ones in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250109/fema-assistance-available-individuals-affected-wildfires-california\">Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance\u003c/a> for Southern California residents\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>L.A. County’s list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DEjgkdMtEuF/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&img_index=1\">evacuation shelters.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://211la.org/LA-Wildfires\">211 LA’s resource page.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Airbnb is \u003ca href=\"https://care.211cs.org/public-survey/86c5adf88e2a29c103df24ba5f48cd3f6cf9a9171207a15954dbb8b9649429f0\">providing temporary shelter\u003c/a> for those impacted by the fires.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DEjhEgiRE9y/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">Mutual Aid LA’s\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KMk34XY5dsvVJjAoD2mQUVHYU_Ib6COz6jcGH5uJWDY/htmlview?usp=sharing&fbclid=PAY2xjawHrnGFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpst3amFRSOgC7Air4xObHifASKSvzuX8nX9ygQqoi2SOBKSRMqM8yeSmkw_aem_oB_9sdLelaf8MSik6jnFAg\">updating spreadsheet of resources.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1rT8CJfwy5PjEMJsLP_IUQO39RJmcD2xnUMuUB2l-SBE/mobilebasic?fbclid=PAY2xjawHrwL5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpp6kmWqU2grHnGEluWz9_cBV8y6lMfZcTiWWSPMhxGkzMJFgbZTCpxmpgw_aem_LMf-AWpouJE0_8ujvw_BCw\">crowdsourced list\u003c/a> by L.A. resident and journalist Nicholas Slayton.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1itHRf_K30jebqz1vYMjhjMsu7OV549gV-_G58hXPOYs/edit?gid=0#gid=0\">crowdsourced list \u003c/a>by a local climbing club to connect people to fire victims who need supplies like sleeping bags.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://envirovoters.org/southern-california-is-in-crisis/?utm_source=muckrack&utm_medium=pressrelease&utm_campaign=Rapid_Response25&utm_content=LA_Fires0108\">California Environmental Voters\u003c/a> has a list of evacuation centers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Judy Chu’s \u003ca href=\"https://chu.house.gov/EatonFire\">resource list\u003c/a> for those impacted by the Eaton Fire.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/laymagdalene333/status/1876892527095091327?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">Disability and Disaster Hotline\u003c/a>: 800-626-4959.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lausd.org/schoolupdates\">Los Angeles Unified Schools\u003c/a> is providing mental health support for students and their families at 213-241-3840. Employees can access support at 800-882-1341.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1MxHHQh774ARyH1xM1wCIrrW3VjWyelN8dk5qw9LDOb8/htmlview\">Free mental health services being offered around L.A.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Should the worst happen, the \u003cem>L.A. Times\u003c/em> also has a step-by-step guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-08/insurance-explainer\">what to do after losing your home or business in a fire\u003c/a>. KQED also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021661/3-things-that-folks-facing-los-angeles-fires-can-do-from-a-fellow-california-wildfire-survivor\">a guide to coping in the aftermath of a wildfire from a survivor of the 2017 Tubbs Fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021159\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021159\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192410265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192410265.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192410265-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192410265-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192410265-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evacuees from the Palisades fire are seen at an evacuation and shelter center at Westwood Recreation Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"fundraising-scams-la-fires\">\u003c/a>What are some signs of a fundraising scam?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sadly, it is common to see scams pop up during times of distress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addressing anyone who intended to use the L.A. fires as an opportunity to steal, LA District Attorney Nathan Hochman said that “if you want to engage in these internet scams where you’re going to take advantage of people who are going to be seeking insurance and government benefits, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/09/nx-s1-5253785/los-angeles-pasadena-california-fires\">you will be arrested, you will be prosecuted and you will be punished to the full extent of the law.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11957996/how-to-help-the-people-of-lahaina-on-maui-after-devastating-wildfires\">the wildfires that devastated Mau\u003c/a>i in 2023, Hawai’i Attorney General Anne Lopez \u003ca href=\"https://governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/2023-35-attorney-general-lopez-cautions-those-seeking-to-donate-to-victims-of-the-maui-wildfires-to-avoid-scams/\">cautioned people\u003c/a> to be careful who they send their donations to. “In moments of crisis, we all must be extra vigilant against bad actors who try to take advantage of people’s goodwill,” she warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can look up to see if a charity is valid through \u003ca href=\"https://rct.doj.ca.gov/Verification/Web/Search.aspx?facility=Y\">the California Attorney General website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mutual aid funds independent of official organizations are also common during times of crisis — and sometimes \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/mutual-aid-groups-ponder-future-of-community-based-help\">even preferred by those impacted\u003c/a> so they can directly receive the money. Families may also \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-navarro-family-after-devastating-loss?attribution_id=sl:3dbdc133-f7f1-495b-81b9-382d9fda81e4&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link\">set up their own fundraising\u003c/a> through websites like GoFundMe. Remember that \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/california\">GoFundMe has a list of verified fundraiser\u003c/a>s for those impacted by the fires, including one that \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/wildfire-relief-fund-2025\">the website is running itself\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you would want to give online, in 2023, the Hawai’i Attorney General highlighted what the office considered to be suspicious behavior they’d seen around Maui fundraising, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Pressuring or hurrying you to make a donation.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Asking for a donation through cash or a gift card.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Using a name that sounds like the name of a real charity.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Making “lots of vague and sentimental claims but give no specifics about how your donation will be used.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021160\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021160\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192390985.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192390985.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192390985-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192390985-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192390985-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacific Palisades residents seen walking through a shopping plaza after escaping the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What should I tell people in L.A. about wildfire smoke?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>KQED has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1926793/protecting-your-health-from-toxic-wildfire-smoke\">a guide on protecting yourself from harms posed by wildfire smoke\u003c/a>, as there are some measures people can take to help protect their lungs from smoke pollution. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pasadena, Los Angeles County —\u003c/strong> In the days since the Eaton Fire first began, Pasadena Humane has taken in more than 400 animals, including the kinds this nonprofit usually cares for — like dogs, cats, and bunnies — but also a number of unusual kinds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had eight cockatoos come in. We’ve had goats come in. We had one family in Altadena that had a pony, and they walked the pony down from Altadena to our shelter,” said Dia DuVernet, president and CEO of \u003ca href=\"https://pasadenahumane.org\">Pasadena Humane\u003c/a>, an animal care center safely located miles south of the destruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DuVernet said the initial surge of evacuees’ pets needing immediate, short-term shelter gave way in the following days to animals brought in by animal search and rescue teams. Some of the animals have the same kinds of injuries humans have when a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/wildfires\">wildfire\u003c/a> tears through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing burns,” she said. “We’re seeing singed paws. We’re seeing singed whiskers. We’re seeing smoke inhalation problems. We had one dog come in that appeared to be a dark gray dog, and after we gave it a bath, we realized the dog was a white dog.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021822\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/IMG_6374-scaled-e1736794158484.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roxie, the originally white dog, recuperates from injuries sustained during the Eaton Fire on Jan. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roxie, the white dog-turned-gray, recuperated in the intensive care unit but did not lift her head to greet human visitors. She lay on her bedding, exhausted and numb, her belly an angry pink from burns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The search and rescue teams go out every day now, collecting injured wildlife but also pets left behind when the Eaton fire began, and people fled in a panicked rush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think there will be some animals that miraculously survived,” DuVernet said. “Especially cats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021846\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021846\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-058.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-058.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-058-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-058-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-058-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-058-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-058-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A kitten, found with its mother and siblings after the wildfire, drinks water at Pasadena Humane in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Every animal, dead or alive, is scanned for microchips containing contact information for the owners. Pasadena Humane’s chief veterinarian, Dr. Maria Pyrdek, said microchipping is among the short list of “musts” for pet owners who want their animals to survive any type of natural disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Make sure you have ID. Make sure your pet is vaccinated so that when they’re coming into large, stressful situations, they also will not be at risk of getting diseased as well,” Dr. Pyrdek said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021720 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192478140-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pasadena Humane has 150 employees, including five full-time veterinarians, working around the clock. 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But that season has grown longer as human-caused \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995420/climate-scientists-warn-of-growing-whiplash-effect-on-weather-patterns\">climate change is making landscapes hotter and drier\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11924234/why-suppressing-wildfires-may-be-making-the-western-fire-crisis-worse\">a century’s worth of fire suppression\u003c/a> has built up fuel and primed forests to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, enormous wildfires like those wreaking havoc in Southern California are far from the norm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Large fires in January are exceedingly rare because the region nearly always receives a fire-season-ending rainfall event by the end of the year,” said Crystal Kolden, a fire scientist at UC Merced. “This is a very novel event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several factors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020835/southern-california-fires-could-be-most-expensive-us-history\">set the stage for the deadly wildfires\u003c/a> in Southern California: massive vegetation growth from past wet winters that dried out in the blazing summer, a winter where the rains have yet to come, and extreme Santa Ana winds reaching 100 mph in some places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021265\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign from the Lincoln Avenue Water Company reminds all to conserve water in downtown Altadena after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, people don’t tend to think of winter as fire season, but in California, fire season is any time it is dry enough, and there is fuel,” Kolden said. “The Santa Ana event just provided the blowtorch that makes the fires uncontrollable, and unfortunately, we will not see containment until after the winds die down later this week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fires in densely populated areas like those burning in Los Angeles can and have occurred in the Bay Area. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893199/the-oakland-hills-fire-transformed-firefighting-along-a-citys-edge-in-california\">1991 Tunnel Fire\u003c/a> in the Oakland and Berkeley hills killed 25 people and destroyed nearly 3,500 structures, and the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa left 22 dead and obliterated almost 6,000 structures. Both of those fires ignited in October, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is naturally adapted to fire, and it’s a part of our natural ecosystem,” said Michael Gollner, a researcher and fire expert at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021536 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfireLACountyAP-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the conditions fueling Southern California fires are a perfect storm of dry fuels, warm weather and high winds, Gollner said all of those factors are a part of Northern California’s climatology, too, and they “can and will line up someday up here again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Abatzoglou, a climatology professor at UC Merced, said it’s likely more common for those conditions to come together in Southern California than in the northern part of the state, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020521/winds-raise-extreme-fire-risk-in-southern-california-but-bay-area-is-spared-by-rain\">the rainy season\u003c/a> typically starts quite a bit earlier than in Southern California. And Southern California then has just that many more opportunities for dry conditions to collide with Santa Ana winds and arid ignitions,” he said. For the Bay Area, “the risk is there, but it’s certainly less.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaitlyn Trudeau, a researcher at the nonprofit Climate Central, said there is no longer a fire season, and people need to adjust accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s important is that people understand that these risks exist at all times of year,” she said. “There’s not a particular span of months where you don’t need to worry about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trudeau spoke with KQED just minutes after seeing an image of her grandfather’s charred-out home for the first time. It burned in the Eaton Fire this week, but her grandfather was safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to become increasingly difficult to prepare for the future by looking at the past,” said Trudeau, “because we really haven’t seen what we’re going to be seeing in the future with increasing carbon pollution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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