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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. 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"content": "\u003cp>Jennielynn Holmes stood in the middle of a makeshift evacuation center when the scope of the crisis hit her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surrounded by thousands of people who had just fled the Tubbs Fire, which burned through Santa Rosa in 2017, Holmes realized many of these people would soon be added to the area’s already extensive caseload of unhoused clients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the group of people (that) is one crisis away from entering homelessness,” thought Holmes, who helps lead the area’s homelessness response as CEO of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa. “And the crisis is here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2025/01/la-fires-size-mapped/\">multiple wildfires\u003c/a> continue to incinerate homes and displace tens of thousands of people in Los Angeles County, experts worry about the long-term effects the fires will have on the state’s already dire homelessness crisis. In other parts of California burned by past wildfires, communities are still dealing with the fallout years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who had too little or no insurance on their homes, or who rented, sometimes end up on the street when their home burns and they can’t find another place to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not just people whose homes burn down that feel the pain. Renters in undamaged buildings get evicted because their landlord raises rents to take advantage of refugees’ desperation — or because the landlord lost another home in the fire and needs to move into their rental unit.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12021019,news_12022375,news_12022057\"]And when a community loses thousands of homes at once when they already have a housing shortage, prices go up across the board, displacing even more people. To make the situation worse, each fire threatens to raise already sky-high home \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/01/la-fires-california-insurance/\">insurance rates\u003c/a>, making rebuilding or buying a new home even more prohibitively expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As climate change leads to hotter and drier seasons in California, these \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-wildfire-season-worsening-explained/\">wildfires\u003c/a> have become more unpredictable and extreme. Each new, devastating fire sets the state back in its fight against homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really putting a strain on all of California at this point,” said Matt Plotkin, who helped lead recovery efforts for the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County as head of what is now the Camp Fire Collaborative, before landing in his current role as director of equity and advocacy for United Way of Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires in Los Angeles County have burned more than 40,000 acres, killed at least 24 people and damaged or destroyed an estimated 12,000 homes and other structures — a loss sure to further exacerbate the housing shortage in a county that already has more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=8170-los-angeles-county-hc2024-data-summary\">75,000 homeless residents\u003c/a>. While much of the attention around the current fires has been on destruction in the wealthy enclave of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/palisades-wildfires.html\">Pacific Palisades\u003c/a>, experts say the rich won’t be the only ones affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An analysis of three past California wildfires sheds some light on what might happen once the smoke clears in Los Angeles County.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Camp Fire\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2018/11/8/camp-fire/\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> destroyed much of the rural town of Paradise in Butte County, thousands of evacuees poured into Chico, about 15 miles away. Now, more than six years later, the Sacramento Valley city still feels the effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are still dealing with people being now, unfortunately, chronically houseless due to the Camp Fire,” Plotkin said. “The impact, I would not use the word ‘impacted’ because that is past tense. I would say it is still current, present. So I still say ‘impact.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paradise lost about 15,000 homes in the fire. So far, only about 2,900 single-family homes and 550 multi-family units have been rebuilt, according to Mayor Steve Crowder. The loss had a large ripple effect. After the fire, vacancy rates in Butte County dropped to 1% or less, according to the county’s 2023 homeless point-in-time count \u003ca href=\"https://www.buttehomelesscoc.com/uploads/1/1/7/5/117500423/2023_pit_executive_summary.pdf\">report (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022442\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022442\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/100119_Paradise_AW_CM_019-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/100119_Paradise_AW_CM_019-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/100119_Paradise_AW_CM_019-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/100119_Paradise_AW_CM_019-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/100119_Paradise_AW_CM_019-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/100119_Paradise_AW_CM_019-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker walks among the debris at Evergreen Mobile Home Park in Paradise on Oct. 1, 2019. Nearly eleven months after the Camp Fire, California Recycle and other agencies are still working to remove wildfire debris from the area. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fire also made life more difficult for people who were already homeless in Paradise. Before the fire, the town had a few homeless shelters operated by local churches. Those are all gone now, Crowder said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immediately after the fire, Paradise passed an ordinance allowing survivors to live in trailers or RVs on their burned-out properties while they rebuild. It was supposed to be a temporary measure, but, in many cases, rebuilding took years as people waited for slow-moving insurance, federal funds and money from a settlement with PG&E to reach them. About 100 trailers remain — and some have no sewage hookup, creating unsanitary conditions, Crowder said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The town soon will have to figure out how to remove those trailers and try to find permanent housing for their occupants, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>CZU Lightning Complex\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The 2020 CZU Lightning Complex, made up of multiple fires sparked by lightning strikes, destroyed nearly 700 homes in Santa Cruz County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four years later, only about a third of those residences were being rebuilt, according to a 2024 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury \u003ca href=\"https://www.santacruzcountyca.gov/Portals/0/County/GrandJury/GJ2024_final/2024-6_CZU_Report.pdf\">report (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For several years, people displaced either directly or indirectly by the fires showed up at homeless service provider Housing Matters asking for help, said the nonprofit’s Chief Initiatives Officer Tom Stagg. While no one collected comprehensive data on how many people became homeless specifically because of the fire, the anecdotal evidence was everywhere, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember definitely seeing an increase in RVs that people were staying in in town for up to two years after the fire,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CZU fires tore through rural communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains, including the San Lorenzo Valley, which used to be an affordable refuge for people priced out of other areas, Stagg said. Losing homes there has made the region’s affordable housing crisis even worse, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022443\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SJM_BoulderCreekCZU_082320_01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SJM_BoulderCreekCZU_082320_01-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SJM_BoulderCreekCZU_082320_01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SJM_BoulderCreekCZU_082320_01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SJM_BoulderCreekCZU_082320_01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SJM_BoulderCreekCZU_082320_01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burned cars in the rubble of a home during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire, near Boulder Creek, on Aug. 23, 2020. \u003ccite>(Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition, people burned out of the Santa Cruz Mountains — or trying to escape the threat of fire there — moved into the city of Santa Cruz, stressing the city’s housing market and bringing down the vacancy rate, said Robert Ratner, director of Santa Cruz County’s Housing for Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s common for people to migrate after a fire, traveling to places where they have friends and family or where they believe they can find affordable housing. That fact makes every California wildfire a regional — even statewide — event. Even before the CZU fires, Stagg’s team saw people end up homeless in Santa Cruz after being displaced from Paradise by the Camp Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s difficult to track exactly how many people are made homeless by a fire, but as fires increasingly ravage California, some communities are interested in trying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Santa Cruz County did not conduct a homeless census in the year after the CZU fires. Later counts asked participants about the primary reason they became homeless, listing natural disaster as an option. Few people ever chose that answer, but Ratner thinks that may be because there are so many combined factors that lead to homelessness. For example, someone might be displaced by a fire, but it’s ultimately their economic insecurity that prevents them from finding a new place to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wording the question differently might produce better data, Ratner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like something we need to start asking about so we can get better information,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some rural counties in the far north of the state, where wildfires are frequent, already ask. In 2023, nearly a quarter of Siskiyou County’s 507 homeless residents said they were homeless as a result of fire, according to the county’s most recent \u003ca href=\"https://files.cityofredding.gov/Document%20Center/Departments/Housing/NorCal%20COC/PIT/Reports/2023%20NorCal%20CoC%20PIT%20Report.pdf\">point-in-time count (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tubbs Fire\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the 2017 \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2017/10/8/tubbs-fire-central-lnu-complex/\">Tubbs Fire\u003c/a> burned through Napa and Sonoma counties in the Bay Area’s wine country, local service providers saw a spike in homelessness about a year and a half later, Holmes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immediately after the fire, money and other aid from FEMA, the local and state government, and philanthropic organizations poured in. Many people were able to live doubled or tripled-up with friends or family for a period of time. But when the money ran out, and those cramped living situations became unsustainable, people found themselves out on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a situation that could repeat in Los Angeles County, Holmes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s incredibly challenging because you’re dealing with a huge new homeless population,” she said. “People who lost their homes are now technically homeless. So with already a crazy amount of people experiencing homelessness, particularly in Southern California, and now you add on potentially tens of thousands more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022444\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022444\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011425-Tubbs-Fire-JH-AP-01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011425-Tubbs-Fire-JH-AP-01-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011425-Tubbs-Fire-JH-AP-01-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011425-Tubbs-Fire-JH-AP-01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011425-Tubbs-Fire-JH-AP-01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011425-Tubbs-Fire-JH-AP-01-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, a row of chimneys stand in a neighborhood devastated by the Tubbs Fire near Santa Rosa, Sonoma County. In an order dated July 12, 2021, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mary Strobel ruled that California Insurance Commissioner Richard Lara has the power to order the state’s ‘Insurer of last resort’ to offer more options for homeowners who can’t buy traditional coverage because they live in areas threatened by wildfires. \u003ccite>(Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the Tubbs Fires, the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa (the organization Holmes runs) created a disaster case management team with up to 20 case managers and wrote a disaster case management playbook. The organization thought it would be a temporary program. But the fires continued, and it’s now become a permanent fixture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For several years following the fire, Sonoma County included fire-related questions in its annual \u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Microsites/Permit%20Sonoma/Documents/Archive/Misc/2018_HomelessCensusReport.pdf\">homeless point-in-time count (PDF)\u003c/a>. The year after the disaster, more than a third of homeless survey respondents said their previous housing or sleeping location had been affected by the fire in some way — including 12% who said it had been burned or otherwise destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county also surveyed people who were housed to determine how many people might be at risk of becoming homeless. The survey found about 7% of Sonoma County households had someone living with them temporarily in the year after the fire. Using that data, the researchers estimated that 21,482 people were living temporarily doubled-up. Of those, nearly 40% said they were living that way because they lost their housing as a direct result of the fire. An additional 11% said they lost their housing because their landlord moved in or the rent increased because of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Santa Rosa has \u003ca href=\"https://santarosa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/07e39ea4077c42a883430a9f60103bc2\">permitted\u003c/a> 3,220 new residential units since the 2017 fire, according to city data. That includes more than 370 affordable units, said Megan Basinger, the city’s director of housing and community services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen more restricted units come online since the fire than I think we’ve ever seen,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Los Angeles County starts to think about rebuilding, no one is watching with more empathy than those who have been through it before, Holmes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just feel so much for what’s going on down there because we know what it feels like,” she said, “to watch a community you love just be taken away so quickly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>And when a community loses thousands of homes at once when they already have a housing shortage, prices go up across the board, displacing even more people. To make the situation worse, each fire threatens to raise already sky-high home \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/01/la-fires-california-insurance/\">insurance rates\u003c/a>, making rebuilding or buying a new home even more prohibitively expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As climate change leads to hotter and drier seasons in California, these \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-wildfire-season-worsening-explained/\">wildfires\u003c/a> have become more unpredictable and extreme. Each new, devastating fire sets the state back in its fight against homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really putting a strain on all of California at this point,” said Matt Plotkin, who helped lead recovery efforts for the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County as head of what is now the Camp Fire Collaborative, before landing in his current role as director of equity and advocacy for United Way of Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires in Los Angeles County have burned more than 40,000 acres, killed at least 24 people and damaged or destroyed an estimated 12,000 homes and other structures — a loss sure to further exacerbate the housing shortage in a county that already has more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=8170-los-angeles-county-hc2024-data-summary\">75,000 homeless residents\u003c/a>. While much of the attention around the current fires has been on destruction in the wealthy enclave of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/palisades-wildfires.html\">Pacific Palisades\u003c/a>, experts say the rich won’t be the only ones affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An analysis of three past California wildfires sheds some light on what might happen once the smoke clears in Los Angeles County.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Camp Fire\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2018/11/8/camp-fire/\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> destroyed much of the rural town of Paradise in Butte County, thousands of evacuees poured into Chico, about 15 miles away. Now, more than six years later, the Sacramento Valley city still feels the effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are still dealing with people being now, unfortunately, chronically houseless due to the Camp Fire,” Plotkin said. “The impact, I would not use the word ‘impacted’ because that is past tense. I would say it is still current, present. So I still say ‘impact.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paradise lost about 15,000 homes in the fire. So far, only about 2,900 single-family homes and 550 multi-family units have been rebuilt, according to Mayor Steve Crowder. The loss had a large ripple effect. After the fire, vacancy rates in Butte County dropped to 1% or less, according to the county’s 2023 homeless point-in-time count \u003ca href=\"https://www.buttehomelesscoc.com/uploads/1/1/7/5/117500423/2023_pit_executive_summary.pdf\">report (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022442\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022442\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/100119_Paradise_AW_CM_019-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/100119_Paradise_AW_CM_019-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/100119_Paradise_AW_CM_019-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/100119_Paradise_AW_CM_019-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/100119_Paradise_AW_CM_019-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/100119_Paradise_AW_CM_019-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker walks among the debris at Evergreen Mobile Home Park in Paradise on Oct. 1, 2019. Nearly eleven months after the Camp Fire, California Recycle and other agencies are still working to remove wildfire debris from the area. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fire also made life more difficult for people who were already homeless in Paradise. Before the fire, the town had a few homeless shelters operated by local churches. Those are all gone now, Crowder said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immediately after the fire, Paradise passed an ordinance allowing survivors to live in trailers or RVs on their burned-out properties while they rebuild. It was supposed to be a temporary measure, but, in many cases, rebuilding took years as people waited for slow-moving insurance, federal funds and money from a settlement with PG&E to reach them. About 100 trailers remain — and some have no sewage hookup, creating unsanitary conditions, Crowder said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The town soon will have to figure out how to remove those trailers and try to find permanent housing for their occupants, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>CZU Lightning Complex\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The 2020 CZU Lightning Complex, made up of multiple fires sparked by lightning strikes, destroyed nearly 700 homes in Santa Cruz County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four years later, only about a third of those residences were being rebuilt, according to a 2024 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury \u003ca href=\"https://www.santacruzcountyca.gov/Portals/0/County/GrandJury/GJ2024_final/2024-6_CZU_Report.pdf\">report (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For several years, people displaced either directly or indirectly by the fires showed up at homeless service provider Housing Matters asking for help, said the nonprofit’s Chief Initiatives Officer Tom Stagg. While no one collected comprehensive data on how many people became homeless specifically because of the fire, the anecdotal evidence was everywhere, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember definitely seeing an increase in RVs that people were staying in in town for up to two years after the fire,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CZU fires tore through rural communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains, including the San Lorenzo Valley, which used to be an affordable refuge for people priced out of other areas, Stagg said. Losing homes there has made the region’s affordable housing crisis even worse, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022443\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SJM_BoulderCreekCZU_082320_01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SJM_BoulderCreekCZU_082320_01-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SJM_BoulderCreekCZU_082320_01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SJM_BoulderCreekCZU_082320_01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SJM_BoulderCreekCZU_082320_01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SJM_BoulderCreekCZU_082320_01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burned cars in the rubble of a home during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire, near Boulder Creek, on Aug. 23, 2020. \u003ccite>(Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition, people burned out of the Santa Cruz Mountains — or trying to escape the threat of fire there — moved into the city of Santa Cruz, stressing the city’s housing market and bringing down the vacancy rate, said Robert Ratner, director of Santa Cruz County’s Housing for Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s common for people to migrate after a fire, traveling to places where they have friends and family or where they believe they can find affordable housing. That fact makes every California wildfire a regional — even statewide — event. Even before the CZU fires, Stagg’s team saw people end up homeless in Santa Cruz after being displaced from Paradise by the Camp Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s difficult to track exactly how many people are made homeless by a fire, but as fires increasingly ravage California, some communities are interested in trying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Santa Cruz County did not conduct a homeless census in the year after the CZU fires. Later counts asked participants about the primary reason they became homeless, listing natural disaster as an option. Few people ever chose that answer, but Ratner thinks that may be because there are so many combined factors that lead to homelessness. For example, someone might be displaced by a fire, but it’s ultimately their economic insecurity that prevents them from finding a new place to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wording the question differently might produce better data, Ratner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like something we need to start asking about so we can get better information,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some rural counties in the far north of the state, where wildfires are frequent, already ask. In 2023, nearly a quarter of Siskiyou County’s 507 homeless residents said they were homeless as a result of fire, according to the county’s most recent \u003ca href=\"https://files.cityofredding.gov/Document%20Center/Departments/Housing/NorCal%20COC/PIT/Reports/2023%20NorCal%20CoC%20PIT%20Report.pdf\">point-in-time count (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tubbs Fire\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the 2017 \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2017/10/8/tubbs-fire-central-lnu-complex/\">Tubbs Fire\u003c/a> burned through Napa and Sonoma counties in the Bay Area’s wine country, local service providers saw a spike in homelessness about a year and a half later, Holmes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immediately after the fire, money and other aid from FEMA, the local and state government, and philanthropic organizations poured in. Many people were able to live doubled or tripled-up with friends or family for a period of time. But when the money ran out, and those cramped living situations became unsustainable, people found themselves out on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a situation that could repeat in Los Angeles County, Holmes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s incredibly challenging because you’re dealing with a huge new homeless population,” she said. “People who lost their homes are now technically homeless. So with already a crazy amount of people experiencing homelessness, particularly in Southern California, and now you add on potentially tens of thousands more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022444\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022444\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011425-Tubbs-Fire-JH-AP-01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011425-Tubbs-Fire-JH-AP-01-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011425-Tubbs-Fire-JH-AP-01-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011425-Tubbs-Fire-JH-AP-01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011425-Tubbs-Fire-JH-AP-01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011425-Tubbs-Fire-JH-AP-01-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, a row of chimneys stand in a neighborhood devastated by the Tubbs Fire near Santa Rosa, Sonoma County. In an order dated July 12, 2021, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mary Strobel ruled that California Insurance Commissioner Richard Lara has the power to order the state’s ‘Insurer of last resort’ to offer more options for homeowners who can’t buy traditional coverage because they live in areas threatened by wildfires. \u003ccite>(Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the Tubbs Fires, the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa (the organization Holmes runs) created a disaster case management team with up to 20 case managers and wrote a disaster case management playbook. The organization thought it would be a temporary program. But the fires continued, and it’s now become a permanent fixture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For several years following the fire, Sonoma County included fire-related questions in its annual \u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Microsites/Permit%20Sonoma/Documents/Archive/Misc/2018_HomelessCensusReport.pdf\">homeless point-in-time count (PDF)\u003c/a>. The year after the disaster, more than a third of homeless survey respondents said their previous housing or sleeping location had been affected by the fire in some way — including 12% who said it had been burned or otherwise destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county also surveyed people who were housed to determine how many people might be at risk of becoming homeless. The survey found about 7% of Sonoma County households had someone living with them temporarily in the year after the fire. Using that data, the researchers estimated that 21,482 people were living temporarily doubled-up. Of those, nearly 40% said they were living that way because they lost their housing as a direct result of the fire. An additional 11% said they lost their housing because their landlord moved in or the rent increased because of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Santa Rosa has \u003ca href=\"https://santarosa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/07e39ea4077c42a883430a9f60103bc2\">permitted\u003c/a> 3,220 new residential units since the 2017 fire, according to city data. That includes more than 370 affordable units, said Megan Basinger, the city’s director of housing and community services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen more restricted units come online since the fire than I think we’ve ever seen,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Los Angeles County starts to think about rebuilding, no one is watching with more empathy than those who have been through it before, Holmes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just feel so much for what’s going on down there because we know what it feels like,” she said, “to watch a community you love just be taken away so quickly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>LIBERTY COUNTY, Georgia — Ask almost any shopper outside this sprawling Walmart southeast of Savannah, and they’ll tell you about rising prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The meat is going up. Milk, eggs, everything is going up,” says Cicely Gardner, rolling a cart with some doughnuts in the parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But wait. The rate of inflation has cooled for two years, and not everything is going up in price. So why does paying at checkout still cause such heartburn? What gives?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR set off to answer that question at the most popular retailer in the United States. For six years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/tags/755496161/npr-shopping-cart\">we have tracked\u003c/a> the prices of dozens of items at this very Walmart superstore. And here’s what we learned on our latest visit, in December. \u003cem>(Or \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/14/nx-s1-5241014/walmart-prices-npr-shopping-cart-2024/#resnx-s1-5241014-105\">\u003cem>skip the analysis\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> to see the full details of NPR’s shopping cart.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On average, prices ticked up 0.7% last year\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>NPR’s list includes 96 items from virtually every Walmart aisle: chips and veggies, shampoo and T-shirts, dog food and paper towels. To account for changes in package sizes, we focus on the price per unit, typically per ounce, whether it’s toothpaste in a tube or soup in a can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the course of 2024, the tracked prices on average increased just 0.7%\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>— far less than overall annual inflation, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm\">2.7% in November\u003c/a>. (December’s inflation data will be released on Wednesday.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because exactly half of our tracked prices stayed the same from December 2023 to December 2024 — a notable relief after the COVID-19 pandemic, when most prices jumped year to year because of turmoil in supply chains and labor markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/dailygraphics/graphics/walmart-shopping-cart-20241212/?initialWidth=910&childId=responsive-embed-walmart-shopping-cart-20241212&parentTitle=NPR%20shopped%20at%20Walmart%20to%20track%20how%20inflation%20is%20changing%20prices%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F01%2F14%2Fnx-s1-5241014%2Fwalmart-prices-npr-shopping-cart-2024\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-one items in NPR’s shopping cart actually got cheaper during the year, including garlic, bananas and salmon. Another 27 products got more expensive, including eggs, ground beef and laundry detergent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/datawrapper/uDESu/33/?initialWidth=910&childId=responsive-embed-uDESu&parentTitle=NPR%20shopped%20at%20Walmart%20to%20track%20how%20inflation%20is%20changing%20prices%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F01%2F14%2Fnx-s1-5241014%2Fwalmart-prices-npr-shopping-cart-2024\" width=\"800\" height=\"1150\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The 5-year view is much more painful\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Items in NPR’s shopping cart are much pricier since mid-2019, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/09/16/753712449/npr-shopping-cart-economics-how-prices-changed-at-a-walmart-in-1-year\">our last check\u003c/a> before the pandemic. On average, those tracked prices have increased around 25%. And that’s not far from federal inflation data: Cumulatively, U.S. prices are up 23% since 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, a 4-pound bag of Domino sugar now costs $4.46. That’s 74% more compared with NPR’s visit to Walmart in 2019. A dozen eggs cost $4.90, or 83% more than they cost five years ago. Tide liquid laundry detergent now comes in a smaller container — 84 ounces instead of 100 ounces — but costs $1 more, in a classic case of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1236921674/biden-state-of-the-union-shrinkflation-prices\">shrinkflation\u003c/a>. Regular family grocery runs add up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/dailygraphics/graphics/walmart-shopping-cart-20241212/index2019.html?initialWidth=910&childId=responsive-embed-walmart-shopping-cart-20241212-index2019&parentTitle=NPR%20shopped%20at%20Walmart%20to%20track%20how%20inflation%20is%20changing%20prices%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F01%2F14%2Fnx-s1-5241014%2Fwalmart-prices-npr-shopping-cart-2024\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2019, NPR’s visit to this suburban Walmart, near a large Army base, focused on the impact of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/09/16/753712449/npr-shopping-cart-economics-how-prices-changed-at-a-walmart-in-1-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">then-President Donald Trump’s trade war with China\u003c/a>. Our shopping cart was smaller, filled with many products either imported or made with imported parts. Only a few of those items have now gotten cheaper, including frozen shrimp, swai fish and — most dramatically — screwdrivers. (Walmart has switched brands, and the price is now 60% lower than it was.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"edTag\">2019 prices will stay in the past\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Big price increases are rarely followed by equally big price decreases, historically. That’s because seismic shifts in the global economy cannot simply be undone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, it still costs more than it did in 2019 to ship things across the world. It costs more to fertilize soil where our food grows, because \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1093066817/ukraine-war-gas-prices-refugees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia is one of the biggest exporters\u003c/a> of fertilizer. Prices have grown for paper and corrugated cardboard used in packaging. President Biden has largely kept Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports, which means U.S. companies are paying higher import fees — and passing some of that cost on to shoppers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stores, factories, farms and warehouses are paying more for utilities and insurance. Gas prices affect the cost of trucking. American wages, on average, have \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5254674/jobs-labor-market-unemployment-trump-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outpaced inflation\u003c/a> for more than a year and a half, with some wage increases affecting the cost of making, packing, selling and delivering our purchases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some items — like eggs, beef, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/1230120289/valentines-day-chocolate-cocoa-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chocolate\u003c/a> and coffee — have faced specific troubles. Cases of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/tags/140039925/avian-flu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">avian flu have continued\u003c/a> in chickens and cows. Dairy and cattle farmers also point to droughts increasing the cost of feed. Extreme weather has damaged harvests of coffee and cocoa, leading to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/17/nx-s1-5228008/coffee-prices-brazil-drought-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">record wholesale prices\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"edTag\">Here’s what Walmart and manufacturers had to say\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>NPR asked the companies that make the items in our shopping cart to explain their price increases. Some didn’t respond, including PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay, Eggland’s Best and Unilever, which makes Dove, Degree and Vaseline. And from those that did reply, we heard a common refrain: It simply costs more to make stuff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The maker of Domino sugar, ASR Group, sent a detailed list of price increases it has faced since the start of the pandemic: general freight trucking costs up 19%, deep-sea shipping up 45%, rail-freight shipping 17%, wages 15%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>General Mills, whose Yoplait yogurt cup is 17 cents (or 28%) pricier than it was in mid-2019, said \u003ca href=\"https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000709112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dairy inflation is worse\u003c/a> than general inflation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 16-ounce jar of Jif peanut butter is 90 cents (or 41%) more than it was in mid-2019; its maker, J.M. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>LIBERTY COUNTY, Georgia — Ask almost any shopper outside this sprawling Walmart southeast of Savannah, and they’ll tell you about rising prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The meat is going up. Milk, eggs, everything is going up,” says Cicely Gardner, rolling a cart with some doughnuts in the parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But wait. The rate of inflation has cooled for two years, and not everything is going up in price. So why does paying at checkout still cause such heartburn? What gives?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR set off to answer that question at the most popular retailer in the United States. For six years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/tags/755496161/npr-shopping-cart\">we have tracked\u003c/a> the prices of dozens of items at this very Walmart superstore. And here’s what we learned on our latest visit, in December. \u003cem>(Or \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/14/nx-s1-5241014/walmart-prices-npr-shopping-cart-2024/#resnx-s1-5241014-105\">\u003cem>skip the analysis\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> to see the full details of NPR’s shopping cart.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On average, prices ticked up 0.7% last year\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>NPR’s list includes 96 items from virtually every Walmart aisle: chips and veggies, shampoo and T-shirts, dog food and paper towels. To account for changes in package sizes, we focus on the price per unit, typically per ounce, whether it’s toothpaste in a tube or soup in a can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the course of 2024, the tracked prices on average increased just 0.7%\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>— far less than overall annual inflation, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm\">2.7% in November\u003c/a>. (December’s inflation data will be released on Wednesday.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because exactly half of our tracked prices stayed the same from December 2023 to December 2024 — a notable relief after the COVID-19 pandemic, when most prices jumped year to year because of turmoil in supply chains and labor markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/dailygraphics/graphics/walmart-shopping-cart-20241212/?initialWidth=910&childId=responsive-embed-walmart-shopping-cart-20241212&parentTitle=NPR%20shopped%20at%20Walmart%20to%20track%20how%20inflation%20is%20changing%20prices%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F01%2F14%2Fnx-s1-5241014%2Fwalmart-prices-npr-shopping-cart-2024\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-one items in NPR’s shopping cart actually got cheaper during the year, including garlic, bananas and salmon. Another 27 products got more expensive, including eggs, ground beef and laundry detergent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/datawrapper/uDESu/33/?initialWidth=910&childId=responsive-embed-uDESu&parentTitle=NPR%20shopped%20at%20Walmart%20to%20track%20how%20inflation%20is%20changing%20prices%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F01%2F14%2Fnx-s1-5241014%2Fwalmart-prices-npr-shopping-cart-2024\" width=\"800\" height=\"1150\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The 5-year view is much more painful\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Items in NPR’s shopping cart are much pricier since mid-2019, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/09/16/753712449/npr-shopping-cart-economics-how-prices-changed-at-a-walmart-in-1-year\">our last check\u003c/a> before the pandemic. On average, those tracked prices have increased around 25%. And that’s not far from federal inflation data: Cumulatively, U.S. prices are up 23% since 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, a 4-pound bag of Domino sugar now costs $4.46. That’s 74% more compared with NPR’s visit to Walmart in 2019. A dozen eggs cost $4.90, or 83% more than they cost five years ago. Tide liquid laundry detergent now comes in a smaller container — 84 ounces instead of 100 ounces — but costs $1 more, in a classic case of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1236921674/biden-state-of-the-union-shrinkflation-prices\">shrinkflation\u003c/a>. Regular family grocery runs add up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/dailygraphics/graphics/walmart-shopping-cart-20241212/index2019.html?initialWidth=910&childId=responsive-embed-walmart-shopping-cart-20241212-index2019&parentTitle=NPR%20shopped%20at%20Walmart%20to%20track%20how%20inflation%20is%20changing%20prices%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F01%2F14%2Fnx-s1-5241014%2Fwalmart-prices-npr-shopping-cart-2024\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2019, NPR’s visit to this suburban Walmart, near a large Army base, focused on the impact of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/09/16/753712449/npr-shopping-cart-economics-how-prices-changed-at-a-walmart-in-1-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">then-President Donald Trump’s trade war with China\u003c/a>. Our shopping cart was smaller, filled with many products either imported or made with imported parts. Only a few of those items have now gotten cheaper, including frozen shrimp, swai fish and — most dramatically — screwdrivers. (Walmart has switched brands, and the price is now 60% lower than it was.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"edTag\">2019 prices will stay in the past\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Big price increases are rarely followed by equally big price decreases, historically. That’s because seismic shifts in the global economy cannot simply be undone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, it still costs more than it did in 2019 to ship things across the world. It costs more to fertilize soil where our food grows, because \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1093066817/ukraine-war-gas-prices-refugees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia is one of the biggest exporters\u003c/a> of fertilizer. Prices have grown for paper and corrugated cardboard used in packaging. President Biden has largely kept Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports, which means U.S. companies are paying higher import fees — and passing some of that cost on to shoppers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stores, factories, farms and warehouses are paying more for utilities and insurance. Gas prices affect the cost of trucking. American wages, on average, have \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5254674/jobs-labor-market-unemployment-trump-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outpaced inflation\u003c/a> for more than a year and a half, with some wage increases affecting the cost of making, packing, selling and delivering our purchases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some items — like eggs, beef, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/1230120289/valentines-day-chocolate-cocoa-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chocolate\u003c/a> and coffee — have faced specific troubles. Cases of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/tags/140039925/avian-flu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">avian flu have continued\u003c/a> in chickens and cows. Dairy and cattle farmers also point to droughts increasing the cost of feed. Extreme weather has damaged harvests of coffee and cocoa, leading to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/17/nx-s1-5228008/coffee-prices-brazil-drought-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">record wholesale prices\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"edTag\">Here’s what Walmart and manufacturers had to say\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>NPR asked the companies that make the items in our shopping cart to explain their price increases. Some didn’t respond, including PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay, Eggland’s Best and Unilever, which makes Dove, Degree and Vaseline. And from those that did reply, we heard a common refrain: It simply costs more to make stuff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The maker of Domino sugar, ASR Group, sent a detailed list of price increases it has faced since the start of the pandemic: general freight trucking costs up 19%, deep-sea shipping up 45%, rail-freight shipping 17%, wages 15%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>General Mills, whose Yoplait yogurt cup is 17 cents (or 28%) pricier than it was in mid-2019, said \u003ca href=\"https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000709112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dairy inflation is worse\u003c/a> than general inflation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 16-ounce jar of Jif peanut butter is 90 cents (or 41%) more than it was in mid-2019; its maker, J.M. 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Walmart’s scale also enables it to keep prices as stable as possible, which was a key reason NPR chose the chain for this project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are committed to providing an Every Day Low Price experience both in stores and online,” a Walmart representative said in a written statement to NPR, “with the goal of having the lowest price on a basket of goods over time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/datawrapper/3FGqu/41/?initialWidth=910&childId=responsive-embed-3FGqu&parentTitle=NPR%20shopped%20at%20Walmart%20to%20track%20how%20inflation%20is%20changing%20prices%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F01%2F14%2Fnx-s1-5241014%2Fwalmart-prices-npr-shopping-cart-2024\" width=\"800\" height=\"1300\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Research and analysis by Alina Selyukh/NPR. 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"content": "\u003cp>Republican congressional leaders are touting the idea of placing conditions on the billions of dollars in federal aid for California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/wildfire\">wildfire\u003c/a> victims, a strategy they say will force state officials to address alleged resource mismanagement and poor policymaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a Monday press conference, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) criticized state and local officials for exacerbating conditions in California through “unwise” governance, something he said should be addressed before aid is distributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re all Americans, and the Americans there that are affected desperately need and deserve help,” Johnson told reporters. “But you’ve also heard us talk about our concerns with the governance of the state of California — state and local — and to the extent that there is complicity involved in the scope of the disaster, then we think that’s something that needs to be carefully regarded.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles County, deadly wildfires have burned more than 12,000 structures and forced over 100,000 people to evacuate. 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. He agreed with Johnson’s reasoning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021323\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of a house in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s a left-wing or right-wing thing. 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. Since then, it’s been used for other hazards, such as flash flood watches, to “signal more extreme events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the ongoing fires in Southern California, a PDS red flag warning means that “the risk of damage and loss of life is high,” Chenard tells NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A regular warning already indicates a significant hazard, Chenard says. “But when you see the PDS term attached to it, it’s even a level beyond that. So, now the threat to life and property is even more extreme.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple fires have been burning across Los Angeles and Ventura counties since last week, fueled in part by extremely dry conditions, gusty winds and low humidity. The Eaton, Palisades and Hurst fires have scorched more than 38,000 acres and destroyed more than 12,000 structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a few more terms related to the wildfires to understand:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022125\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022125\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-40.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-40-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-40-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-40-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-40-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A firefighter drags a hose during the Palisades Fire on Jan. 8, 2025, in Malibu, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Eric Thayer/Getty Images North America)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Red flag warning:\u003c/strong> A \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/mqt/redflagtips\">red flag warning\u003c/a> means there are conditions for an increased risk of fire: a combination of very low humidity, warm temperatures and strong winds. More on \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/what-is-a-red-flag-warning-fire-nws\">red flag warnings\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/cheat-sheet-what-is-a-pds-weather-fire-talk\">PDS warnings\u003c/a> from LAist.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Santa Ana winds:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5252535/palisades-fire-california-los-angeles-santa-ana-winds\">Winds with powerful gusts\u003c/a> that sometimes exceed hurricane-force winds. 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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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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Recovery and rebuilding may be out of reach for many, and the pressures of gentrification could be renewed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Samantha Santoro, 22, a first-generation college student at Cal Poly Pomona, remembered being annoyed when the initial news coverage of the wildfires focused more on celebrities. She and her sister, who attends UC Berkeley, worry how their Mexican immigrant parents and working-class neighbors who lost their homes in Altadena will move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have like, ‘Oh, I’ll just go to my second home and stay there,’” Santoro said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The landlord of their family’s two-bedroom house with a pool had never increased the $1,650 rent, making it possible for the Santoros to affordably raise their daughters. Now, they’re temporarily staying with a relative in Pasadena. The family has renters insurance but not much else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s hard to believe that you have nothing,” Santoro said, through tears, thinking of her parents. “Everything that they ever worked for was in that house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altadena had been a mix of tiny bungalows and magnificent mansions. The community of 42,000 includes blue-collar families, artists, entertainment industry workers and white-collar ones. About 58% of residents are non-white, with one-fourth of them Hispanic and nearly a fifth Black, according to Census data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022064\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193297850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193297850.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193297850-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193297850-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193297850-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of burned Altadena Church and Chevron gas station as greater Los Angeles fire continue, in Altadena, Los Angeles County, on Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the Civil Rights era, Altadena became a rare land of opportunity for Black Americans to reach the middle class without the discriminatory practices of denying them access to credit. They kept homes within the family and helped others to flourish. Today, the Black homeownership rate there is at 81.5%, almost double the national rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s impressive, considering 92% of the 15,000 residences in Altadena are single-family homes, according to the 2023 Census American Community Survey. The median income is over $129,000. Just over 7% of residents live in poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria Knapp, chair of the Altadena Town Council, worries that the fires have irreparably changed the landscape for these families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Someone is going to buy it and develop who knows what on it. And that is going to change the character of Altadena,” Knapp said, adding that those with fewer resources will be disproportionately hurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family of Kenneth Snowden, 57, was one of the Black families able to purchase a home in 1962. That house, as well as the one Snowden bought almost 20 years ago, are both gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is challenging state and federal officials to help all fire-affected communities fairly because “your $40 million home is no different than my $2 million home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snowden wants the ability to acquire home loans with 0% interest. “Give us the ability to rebuild, restart our lives,” he said. “If you can spend billions of dollars fighting a war, you can spend a billion dollars to help us get back where we were at.”[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12022028,news_12021954,news_12021019\"]Shawn Brown lost not only her home but also the public charter school she founded in Altadena. She had a message for fellow Black homeowners who might be tempted with offers for their property: “I would tell them to stand strong, rebuild, continue the generational progress of African-Americans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and other staff at Pasadena Rosebud Academy are trying to raise money to rebuild while looking at temporary sites in churches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even some churches have burned. At Altadena Baptist Church, the bell tower is pretty much the only thing still standing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Rev. George Van Alstine and others are trying to help more than 10 church members who lost homes with needs like navigating insurance and federal aid. The pastor is worried the fires will lead to gentrification, with Black parishioners, who make up half the congregation, paying the price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing a number of families who are probably going to have to move out of the area because rebuilding in Altadena will be too expensive for them,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 32-year-old photographer Daniela Dawson, who had been working two jobs to meet the $2,200 rent for her studio apartment, fled the wildfires with her Hyundai SUV and her cat, Lola. She lost almost everything else, including thousands of dollars of photography gear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She did not have renter’s insurance. “Obviously, now I’m thinking about it. Wish I had it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dawson plans to return to Arizona, where she lived previously and regroup. But she likely won’t be returning to Altadena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Tang reported from Sunnyvale, California. Kelleher reported from Honolulu. 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Republicans largely criticized those investments as they called on Newsom to put wildfire-related spending through the same fast-tracked process allowed in a special session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That process allows bills passed by the Senate and Assembly to take effect more quickly than under the Legislature’s normal rules, which require a supermajority vote to speed up the enactment of a law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is organizing a Marshall Plan to help Los Angeles rebuild faster and stronger — including billions in new and accelerated state funding so we can move faster to deliver for the thousands who’ve lost their homes and livelihoods in these firestorms,” Newsom said in a statement. “To the people of Los Angeles: We have your back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s proposal includes $1 billion for emergency response and cleanup, for which the administration anticipates reimbursement from the federal government. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The PDS warning covers the western Santa Monica Mountains and Malibu, where the Palisades Fire has spread, along with the northern San Fernando Valley, parts of Ventura County, including the cities of Ventura and Simi Valley, and Interstate 5’s Grapevine corridor in the mountains between Los Angeles and Kern counties. A broader red flag warning is in place in much of both Los Angeles and Ventura counties and extends as far north as San Luis Obispo. Within all of the red flag zone, high fire risk persists through Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Areas in the Red Flag Warning, especially during the [Particularly Dangerous Situation] time frame, will have a high risk for large fires with very rapid fire spread, extreme fire behavior, and long-range spotting,” according to the National Weather Service’s \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=lox&issuedby=LOX&product=AFD\">forecast discussion\u003c/a> on Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite slightly lower wind speeds than last week, the wind event is expected to be long-lasting, according to UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “reduction in peak intensity will be partially offset by the long duration and also the cumulative fuel drying that has occurred over this now dayslong period of very low humidity and strong winds in many areas,” he wrote on his \u003ca href=\"https://weatherwest.com/\">Weather West blog\u003c/a> on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second bout of offshore winds moving through California from the Pacific Ocean is also especially dangerous because gusts could feed fire areas that have been extinguished and are gasping for air. If heat and embers from a fire remain, high winds could \u003ca href=\"https://apxdata.com/reflash-rekindle-understanding-the-phenomenon-in-firefighting/\">reflash\u003c/a> — or reignite — the blazes, especially if there isn’t water to cool the surrounding area or good ventilation to clear smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Higher altitudes are at greater risk of winds matching last week’s speeds, while lower valley areas shouldn’t see any gusts near 100 mph like those that spurred the Eaton Fire into Altadena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much-hoped-for rain is not in the forecast for at least the next 10 days, and Swain said dry conditions could persist longer, pushing Southern California further into a record-dry year. The dry spell is also affecting Northern California, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020521/winds-raise-extreme-fire-risk-in-southern-california-but-bay-area-is-spared-by-rain\">largely safe from the current wind events\u003c/a> because of a rainy November and December. However, dry conditions this month could begin to dry out portions of the region where humidity is persistently low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the next few days, the NWS is urging residents not to take any action that could start a fire, make sure they have multiple ways to receive emergency information and be prepared to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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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 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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>\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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A growing force of firefighters moved into the Los Angeles area Monday as more powerful winds were expected to trigger new wildfires that could set back the recent progress made in \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-wildfires-southern-california-c5826e0ab8db965cb2814132ff54ee6f\">containing blazes\u003c/a> that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews and equipment arrived from across the U.S., and from Canada and Mexico — including water trucks and planes that drop firefighting chemicals — as the National Weather Service warned that the coming days could become “particularly dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It predicted \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-things-to-know-winds-f93d41dc901e352b63e86ab67ef7790e\">severe fire conditions\u003c/a> will last through Wednesday, with wind gusts in the mountains reaching 65 mph (105 kph). The most dangerous day will be Tuesday, warned fire behavior analyst Dennis Burns at a community meeting Sunday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/NWSSPC/status/1878766783991324736\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The relative calm Sunday allowed some people to return to previously evacuated areas. But even as \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-terms-contained-acc21dd0f6824df715caff1e46918eda\">containment increased\u003c/a> in the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-pacific-palisades-wildfires-los-angeles-4b67b7f29d0d6eb7321a52ef60c17d60\">worst of the fires\u003c/a>, more bad news emerged from the ashes: The death toll surged late Sunday with an update from the Los Angeles County medical examiner. At least 16 people were missing, a number authorities said was also likely to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fierce \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/santa-ana-winds-california-0b2c68cdc29a7c354238c6ccc09c830c\">Santa Ana winds\u003c/a> have been largely blamed for turning the wildfires sparked last week into infernos that \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-pacific-palisades-wildfires-los-angeles-4b67b7f29d0d6eb7321a52ef60c17d60\">leveled entire neighborhoods\u003c/a> around the nation’s second-largest city where there has been no significant rainfall in more than \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2bb6785b1e325f6076fb22c8fcc5\">eight months\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In less than a week, four fires around the nation’s second biggest city have ignited more than 62 square miles (160 square kilometers), roughly three times the size of Manhattan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of that destruction has been from the Eaton Fire near Pasadena and the Palisades Fire, in a wealthy enclave along the Pacific Coast. Firefighters have made progress on both fronts in recent days, with the Eaton Fire roughly one-third contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/CAgovernor/status/1878862045346730217\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The returning high winds could trigger explosive growth of the existing fires and new outbreaks in areas untouched so far, creating new challenges for firefighting crews already stretched thin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone said 70 additional water trucks arrived to help firefighters fend off flames spread by renewed gusts. “We are prepared for the upcoming wind event,” Marrone said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire retardant dropped by aircraft will act as a barrier along hillsides, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of artists, musicians, and friends in Topanga Canyon banded together to stop fires breaking out in new areas by turning off gas lines and propane tanks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We helped hopefully save a couple houses and we put out a couple spot fires, Derek Mabra said as he drove along the coast looking at the destruction. “It’s complete and total devastation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Residents check on their homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some residents have been able to return to their homes to survey the damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Orlandini, who lost his hardware store in Altadena, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-pacific-palisades-pasadena-altadena-inequality-63ea76d186740359f7f5dd188896354f\">a hard-hit neighborhood\u003c/a> next to Pasadena, said his home of 40 years survived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tuesday night we didn’t sleep at all because we figured the house was gone,” he said Sunday as he recalled the moment the fires spread to his neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole time I was thinking, I don’t know what I’m going to find when I get back here and after 40 years, you know, you got a lot of stuff you forget about that would disappear if the house burned down. So we’re thankful that it didn’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixteen of the 24 deaths were attributed to the Eaton Fire and eight to the Palisades Fire, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/CountyofLA/status/1878615068923121902\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twelve people were listed as missing within the Eaton Fire zone and four were missing from the Palisades Fire, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, LA city Fire Chief Kristin Crowley urged people to stay away from scorched neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are still active fires that are burning within the Palisades area, making it extremely, extremely dangerous for the public,” Crowley said Sunday. “There’s no power, there’s no water, there’s broken gas lines, and we have unstable structures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials warned the ash can contain lead, arsenic, asbestos and other harmful materials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 50,000 people in Los Angeles County remained under evacuation orders, with more than 700 residents taking refuge in nine shelters, Luna said. Officials said most of the orders in the Palisades area were unlikely to be lifted before the red flag warnings expire Wednesday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Please rest assured that first thing Thursday we will begin talking about repopulation,” Marrone said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/CAL_FIRE/status/1878864244927783170\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Firefighters continue to battle flames\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crews from California and nine other states are part of the ongoing response that includes nearly 1,400 fire engines, 84 aircraft and more than 14,000 personnel, including newly arrived firefighters from Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters over the weekend managed to fight back flames in Mandeville Canyon, home to Arnold Schwarzenegger and other celebrities near Pacific Palisades not far from the coast, where swooping helicopters dumped water as the blaze charged downhill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/CAL_FIRE/status/1878855287412789580\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Arrests for looting\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Looting continued to be a concern, with authorities reporting more arrests as the devastation grew. Those arrested included two people who posed as firefighters going into houses, Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Michael Lorenz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With California National Guard troops on hand to guard properties, Gov. Gavin Newsom posted on X: “California will NOT allow for looting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Historic cost\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The fires that began Tuesday just north of downtown LA had burned more than \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-wildfire-structure-damage-3f319dfaa36e583c06c8d49bd835084e\">12,000 structures\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-possible-causes-6112488f835e45f53c67d4d03d7a1e4f\">No cause\u003c/a> for the largest fires was determined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AccuWeather’s early estimates suggest the fires could be the nation’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-natural-disasters-losses-insurance-recovery-d2f24e44d75503118643151eaee947fb\">costliest ever\u003c/a>, topping $250 billion including what’s to come in the next days.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Rebuilding will be a challenge\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Newsom issued an executive order Sunday aimed at fast-tracking rebuilding by suspending some environmental regulations and ensuring that property tax assessments were not increased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got to let people know that we have their back,” he said. “We want you to come back, rebuild, and rebuild with higher quality building standards, more modern standards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday that she had spoken with President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration and expected that he would visit the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ramer reported from Concord, New Hampshire. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>With photographs by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/blaberge\">Beth LaBerge\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wildfires in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021693/firefighters-race-to-contain-los-angeles-wildfires-with-menacing-winds-forecast-to-return\">Altadena, Pacific Palisades\u003c/a>, Sylmar and the greater Los Angeles area continue to burn and the damages have yet to be fully assessed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Californians have seen their share of wildfires, and journalists in the Bay Area have developed a checklist for wildfire reporting out of experience and necessity. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835231/firefighters-battled-blazes-while-their-own-homes-were-threatened\">SCU Lightning Complex fires of 2020\u003c/a> hit all over the San Francisco Bay Area, so any previous sense of psychological security that wildfires don’t happen at a mammoth scale in “urban” areas was destroyed for me, personally speaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the L.A. fires are of a different magnitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve seen something like this before, but I’ve never seen anything like this before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021779\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1339\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad-1920x1285.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021785\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021785\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Altadena resident Herb Wilson, 67, walks with his dog, Rosie, to survey the home he shares with his wife, Loyda. Wilson holds two UPS pins, top left, from his career with the company that Loyda found in their home after it was destroyed in the Eaton Fire. The two pins were among the few items they found at home. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I have friends and family members who live in each of the affected areas, or lived there growing up, before they moved elsewhere in California. They tell me they feel like a part of them has been erased. They worry their private memories will fade on them, especially if they never digitally recorded certain sights and have lost print photographs and physical memorabilia. Then there are the sounds and smells that one can get only by being in a place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021019/la-fires-threaten-california-insurance-market-stability-housing-costs\">insurance companies\u003c/a> will want passports and birth certificates; what fire victims want from the past is much more personal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collectively, we’ve all had our heads in the sand, saying after every terrible event, and there have been so many, “Now is the time we get serious about refreshing our emergency response plans, our building codes, our zoning ordinances, our housing and insurance markets.” This happens year after year after year. I want to believe the Palisades and Eaton fires will be enough to force us to get serious, but years of reporting on our failures to get serious make me skeptical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021781\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021781\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo-800x343.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo-1020x438.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo-160x69.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo-1536x659.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo-1920x824.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire destroyed buildings along Fair Oaks Avenue in Altadena, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021326\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke fills the sky over Pasadena due to several wildfires burning in the Los Angeles, area on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021809\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Lopez (left), an Altadena resident, and his friend Frank Alcaraz flag down drivers to stop for free water and supplies in Pasadena, on Jan. 9, 2025, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area days earlier. Lopez’s house survived the fire, but he said many of his neighbors’ homes did not.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the most heartening things about covering the aftermath of a wildfire is seeing the community come together. People are terribly sorry to lose their homes, their pets, their belongings. But they’re also sorry to lose their neighbors and that sense of community you have when you know who’s next door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the weeks, months, years to come, the neighborhoods as people have known them, will not go back to what they were before. Some families will be unable to rebuild for financial reasons, often because the current owners inherited the house from their parents or grandparents, who bought the house when it was much, much cheaper than it is now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021323\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of homes (above and below) in Altadena, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some families will be able to rebuild, but that will involve months or years of construction while they live somewhere else. Many families will find that rent is so expensive in L.A. County that they simply have to move elsewhere to have a place to live in the short to long term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021782\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021782\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo-800x344.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo-1020x439.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo-160x69.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo-1536x660.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo-1920x826.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Altadena resident Taylor Williams, 17, holds a Santa mug that she found in the home she shared with her family after it was destroyed in the Eaton Fire, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I feel their grief so deeply. I get to channel my sympathy into stories I share with the rest of the country, and that allows me to approach this grief clinically, like a doctor or an engineer, for now. I don’t want my personal grief to get in the way of being of service for others. But at some point, when the neighborhood schools, churches, cafes, art galleries, pizza joints stop smoldering, when I can stop checking the wind speeds and humidity levels in the air, the grief will come knocking again. ‘Hey, we need to talk.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021783\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021783\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bunny figurines sit on a shelf among the burned remains of The Bunny Museum in Altadena, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021661/3-things-that-folks-facing-los-angeles-fires-can-do-from-a-fellow-california-wildfire-survivor\">Wildfire survivor and activist Jeff Okrepkie\u003c/a> told KQED, “Everyone’s method of going through this and coping with it is going to be different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His parting piece of advice was this: “Do not go through it alone. Find a group that you can go through this together with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021502\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1648px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016.jpg\">\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\">\u003c/a>\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, on Jan. 10, 2025, after the Eaton Fire destroyed much of the area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021786\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021786\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Acton Conservation Camp Crew 11-1 work to fell burned trees in Altadena, on Jan. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021103\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021103\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palisades Fire burns in the hillside above the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>With photographs by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/blaberge\">Beth LaBerge\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wildfires in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021693/firefighters-race-to-contain-los-angeles-wildfires-with-menacing-winds-forecast-to-return\">Altadena, Pacific Palisades\u003c/a>, Sylmar and the greater Los Angeles area continue to burn and the damages have yet to be fully assessed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Californians have seen their share of wildfires, and journalists in the Bay Area have developed a checklist for wildfire reporting out of experience and necessity. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835231/firefighters-battled-blazes-while-their-own-homes-were-threatened\">SCU Lightning Complex fires of 2020\u003c/a> hit all over the San Francisco Bay Area, so any previous sense of psychological security that wildfires don’t happen at a mammoth scale in “urban” areas was destroyed for me, personally speaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the L.A. fires are of a different magnitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve seen something like this before, but I’ve never seen anything like this before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021779\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1339\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030_quad-1920x1285.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021785\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021785\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-029-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Altadena resident Herb Wilson, 67, walks with his dog, Rosie, to survey the home he shares with his wife, Loyda. Wilson holds two UPS pins, top left, from his career with the company that Loyda found in their home after it was destroyed in the Eaton Fire. The two pins were among the few items they found at home. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I have friends and family members who live in each of the affected areas, or lived there growing up, before they moved elsewhere in California. They tell me they feel like a part of them has been erased. They worry their private memories will fade on them, especially if they never digitally recorded certain sights and have lost print photographs and physical memorabilia. Then there are the sounds and smells that one can get only by being in a place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021019/la-fires-threaten-california-insurance-market-stability-housing-costs\">insurance companies\u003c/a> will want passports and birth certificates; what fire victims want from the past is much more personal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collectively, we’ve all had our heads in the sand, saying after every terrible event, and there have been so many, “Now is the time we get serious about refreshing our emergency response plans, our building codes, our zoning ordinances, our housing and insurance markets.” This happens year after year after year. I want to believe the Palisades and Eaton fires will be enough to force us to get serious, but years of reporting on our failures to get serious make me skeptical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021781\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021781\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo-800x343.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo-1020x438.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo-160x69.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo-1536x659.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043_duo-1920x824.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire destroyed buildings along Fair Oaks Avenue in Altadena, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021326\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-062-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke fills the sky over Pasadena due to several wildfires burning in the Los Angeles, area on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021809\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Lopez (left), an Altadena resident, and his friend Frank Alcaraz flag down drivers to stop for free water and supplies in Pasadena, on Jan. 9, 2025, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area days earlier. Lopez’s house survived the fire, but he said many of his neighbors’ homes did not.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the most heartening things about covering the aftermath of a wildfire is seeing the community come together. People are terribly sorry to lose their homes, their pets, their belongings. But they’re also sorry to lose their neighbors and that sense of community you have when you know who’s next door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the weeks, months, years to come, the neighborhoods as people have known them, will not go back to what they were before. Some families will be unable to rebuild for financial reasons, often because the current owners inherited the house from their parents or grandparents, who bought the house when it was much, much cheaper than it is now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021323\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of homes (above and below) in Altadena, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some families will be able to rebuild, but that will involve months or years of construction while they live somewhere else. Many families will find that rent is so expensive in L.A. County that they simply have to move elsewhere to have a place to live in the short to long term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021782\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021782\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo-800x344.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo-1020x439.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo-160x69.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo-1536x660.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-054_duo-1920x826.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Altadena resident Taylor Williams, 17, holds a Santa mug that she found in the home she shared with her family after it was destroyed in the Eaton Fire, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I feel their grief so deeply. I get to channel my sympathy into stories I share with the rest of the country, and that allows me to approach this grief clinically, like a doctor or an engineer, for now. I don’t want my personal grief to get in the way of being of service for others. But at some point, when the neighborhood schools, churches, cafes, art galleries, pizza joints stop smoldering, when I can stop checking the wind speeds and humidity levels in the air, the grief will come knocking again. ‘Hey, we need to talk.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021783\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021783\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-061_duo-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bunny figurines sit on a shelf among the burned remains of The Bunny Museum in Altadena, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021661/3-things-that-folks-facing-los-angeles-fires-can-do-from-a-fellow-california-wildfire-survivor\">Wildfire survivor and activist Jeff Okrepkie\u003c/a> told KQED, “Everyone’s method of going through this and coping with it is going to be different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His parting piece of advice was this: “Do not go through it alone. Find a group that you can go through this together with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021502\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1648px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016.jpg\">\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\">\u003c/a>\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, on Jan. 10, 2025, after the Eaton Fire destroyed much of the area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021786\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021786\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-012-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Acton Conservation Camp Crew 11-1 work to fell burned trees in Altadena, on Jan. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021103\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021103\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palisades Fire burns in the hillside above the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Within a day of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/09/nx-s1-5253785/los-angeles-pasadena-california-fires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfires igniting in Los Angeles\u003c/a>, right-wing media and influencers began blaming the scale of the destruction on efforts to reduce systemic social inequality, notably diversity, equity and inclusion policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Billionaire Elon Musk helped circulate screenshots of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s four-year-old ‘racial equity action plan,’ writing “They prioritized DEI over saving lives and homes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/kristen-crowley-los-angeles-wildfires-2011723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire chief\u003c/a>, a 22-year veteran firefighter, happens to be the first woman and openly gay person in that role. The chief, her fire department and the city government quickly became targets in right-wing media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you focus your government on diversity, equity, inclusion, LGBTQ pet projects, and you are captured by environmentalists, we have been warning for years that you are worried about abstractions, but you can’t do the basic stuff,” Charlie Kirk, founder of the Trump-aligned nonprofit Turning Point USA, said on his podcast this week. He’s one of many critics amplifying what’s become a common refrain on the right when all kinds of disasters and tragic events hit, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/utah-lawmaker-blames-diversity-baltimore-bridge-collapse-rcna145261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baltimore bridge collapse \u003c/a>last March and the Secret Service’s performance during the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/dei-trump-assassination-attempt-secret-service-dei-women-law-enforcement-7cacbc33b23b95a3ae263efae22a1117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attempted assassination\u003c/a> of now President-elect Donald Trump over the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2024/01/11/business/elon-musk-rips-boeing-they-prioritized-dei-over-safety/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plane panel detached mid-flight on a Boeing aircraft\u003c/a> last year, Fox News host Laura Ingraham said, “We can’t link the diversity efforts to what happened — that would take an exhaustive investigation, but it’s worth asking at this point, is excellence what we need in airline operations or is diversity the goal here?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commentary on leading, national news stories is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/02/01/1228373511/heres-why-conspiracy-theories-about-taylor-swift-and-the-super-bowl-are-spreadin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tried and true\u003c/a> way for partisan media figures to drive engagement online. But stoking anger about diversity efforts in particular is also shorthand for a much larger story, said Ian Haney López, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley and the author “Dog Whistle Politics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The story is something like this: We as a society used to hire on the basis of competence and meritocracy. But that system has been hijacked by powerful minorities,” he told NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Again and again, we see these efforts to trigger people’s latent resentments against groups that historically have been socially marginalized, socially reviled in terms that do not embrace a blatant direct bigotry, but that instead seek to clothe themselves in some form of neutrality or even a commitment to fairness or excellence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021803\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of the aftermath of wildfires that destroyed a neighborhood.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person walks down a street in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(John Locher via the Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s the definition of a dog whistle, said Haney López, and it’s been happening in various forms since at least the end of the Civil War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the impact of DEI policies on putting out wildfires, “I give it only slightly more credibility than the Jewish space laser theories,” said Mike Beasley, who heads the board of \u003ca href=\"https://fusee.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Firefighters United for Safety Ethics and Ecology\u003c/a>. In 40 years of firefighting, he says he has watched wildfires become more extreme and “meaner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no number of people that will stop all the fires in the middle of a hot, dry season with the climate charged fuel aridity. There just isn’t,” said Beasley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With these \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5252535/palisades-fire-california-los-angeles-santa-ana-winds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Ana winds\u003c/a> happening, it’s just about getting people out of the way. It’s not really about putting the fire out until the winds calm down.” [aside postID=\"news_12021720,news_12021740,news_12021661\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beasley says there are many legitimate discussions these fires should raise about \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/30/1196637141/climate-change-makes-wildfires-in-california-more-explosive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change\u003c/a>, firefighting budgets, water management, housing development, insurance and outdated infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No fire agency is going to sacrifice training and fundamental fire control and fundamental operations at the expense of DEI training,” said Beasley, who said diverse teams are better at tackling complex challenges, working under pressure and fostering community trust during emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The backlash against DEI programs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The day-to-day work of helping make workplaces less discriminatory is incredibly mundane, according to Lily Zheng, who’s been a DEI consultant for about 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Something that’s often lost in these conversations is that DEI practitioners themselves have actually been critiquing DEI from within for decades,” said Zheng. “We’ve called attention to the 30 minute lunch-and-learns that aren’t going to solve racism overnight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2020 murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by Minneapolis police sparked a national reckoning on race that led many public, private and educational institutions to launch new efforts to make their environments less discriminatory and more inclusive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zheng said they’ve seen waves of rising and falling support for DEI over the years, but backlash has picked up since around 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impact of this toxic discourse has been a chilling effect on people’s ability to talk about DEI and to communicate their commitment to it,” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/05/trump-dei-initiatives-colleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crack down on diversity programs\u003c/a>, including at universities. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/college-dei-woke-trump-fe549f21b223ea9aa2a9f443470c593e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Several states\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/1176210007/florida-ron-desantis-dei-ban-diversity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida\u003c/a>, Texas, Alabama and Iowa, have already banned DEI offices in their public universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/01/10/meta-dei-programs-employees-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta\u003c/a> and McDonald’s joined a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/anti-dei-program-effort-2025-states-companies-universities-trump-rcna184580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing list of companies\u003c/a> including \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/walmart-dei-inclusion-diversity-34b06922e60e5116fe198696201ce4d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walmart\u003c/a>, Ford, Lowe’s and Toyota, that are scaling back their DEI initiatives. The change at McDonald’s – which will \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2025/01/08/mcdonalds-joins-the-stampede-of-corporations-retreating-from-dei/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emphasize “inclusion” instead\u003c/a> – came just days after the fast food company was \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/01/06/mcdonalds-corporate-diversity-starbuck-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted by anti-DEI activist Robby Starbuck\u003c/a> who has led social media campaigns pressuring companies to drop their programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DEI efforts, Zheng says, are attempts to push the status quo towards meritocracy. But popular distortions about it, as well as Critical Race Theory, have been fueled by right-wing think tanks and influencers like Christopher Rufo, a senior fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his YouTube channel last year, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/5BH8NSyi6OU?si=546BG6UtUmiTl_UF&t=307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rufo laid out his strategy\u003c/a> for how to attack university DEI programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What happens is that the left will say, ‘Well you’re opposing DEI, you don’t like diversity, you don’t like equity, you don’t like inclusion,'” Rufo said. “And you can say no, those are false words, those are Orwellian terms, what I really don’t like is using taxpayer money to fund left-wing racialist ideology that seeks to divide students into oppressor and oppressed and create separate standards of judgment based on where their ancestors came from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The playbook is simple, said Zheng.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Take some usually progressive or even centrist idea about equality or CRT or DEI, — ideally one that is not well understood — character assassinate it by associating it with everything bad under the sun,” they said. “It’s anti-American. It’s anti-meritocracy. It’s evil.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zheng added, “They’re trying to flip it back and saying, ‘No, no, no, it’s you. That’s the problem. The status quo is perfectly fine.'”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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