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Melissa Rivers on losing home in wildfire, helping survivors
After losing her own home in the Palisades Fire, Melissa Rivers is focused on helping to provide mental health resources to other wildfire victims.CBS News - 8h -
Music's biggest stars help raise money for California wildfire victims
On Thursday, dozens of artists gathered to perform at two different venues in L.A. as part of a massive benefit concert to help victims of the California wildfires.CBS News - 11h -
Melissa Rivers on losing her home in L.A. area wildfires and how she's helping other victims
Actor Melissa Rivers is among those who lost their home in the devastating California wildfires. She spoke to "CBS Mornings" about the fires and how a nonprofit she's part of is helping to provide ...CBS News - 11h -
California school destroyed during wildfires helping students thrive
A school that was destroyed in the Los Angeles area wildfires is finding innovative ways to keep their students engaged while they search for a permanent solution.CBS News - 1d -
How a school impacted by L.A.-area wildfires is finding innovative ways to help students learn
The Pasadena Rosebud Academy Charter School in Altadena, California, was destroyed by the Eaton Fire. Shawn Brown, the executive director of the school, lost her home in the fire as well, but she ...CBS News - 1d -
Decades after Auschwitz liberation, spotlight is on dwindling survivors
The anniversary has taken on added poignancy due to the advanced age of the survivors, and an awareness that they will soon be gone.CBS News - 6d -
Acts of Kindness Helped Them Marry as the L.A. Wildfires Raged
After meeting at Barstool Sports in New York, Kendyl Klein and Benjamin DiGiulio found themselves, years later, making sudden changes to their wedding celebration amid the California wildfires.The New York Times - Jan. 24 -
How the Southport attack unfolded, as told by survivors
Survivors of the horrific incident have recounted how the deadly incident played out.BBC News - Jan. 23 -
California fires: NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley's father helping fight L.A. wildfires with private aircraft
R.K. Smithley has been flying upwards of six missions a day to drop fire retardant across Los AngelesCBS Sports - Jan. 23 -
Me and girls were easy prey, says survivor
Dance class leader Leanne Lucas, who survived the Southport attack, gives her victim impact statement.BBC News - Jan. 23 -
Hamas attack survivor to represent Israel at Eurovision
The 25-year-old says music has been one of the most important parts of her healing process.BBC News - Jan. 23 -
Here's how to help wildfire victims as California blazes explode in size
Strong Santa Ana winds are fueling multiple wildfires across Southern California, forcing thousands of residents to flee from their homes.ABC News - Jan. 19 -
Bethenny Frankel on how her organization helps California wildfire victims
As BStrong mobilizes for wildfire relief, Bethenny Frankel reflected on the unprecedented nature of the Southern California wildfires.CBS News - Jan. 17 -
‘It was built for this’: how design helped spare some homes from the LA wildfires
As fires set LA ablaze, some houses are left standing amid ashes thanks to concrete walls, class A wood – and luck. When last week’s fires in Los Angeles set parts of the city ablaze, one ...The Guardian - Jan. 17 -
From L.A. wildfires to hurricanes, immigrants help rebuild after disasters. Some may face deportation
As the number of extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change increases, there is a growing workforce of laborers, many of them without legal status.NBC News - Jan. 17 -
Shohei Ohtani is donating $500,000 to help firefighters and others affected by the LA wildfires
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is donating $500,000 to help firefighters and others affected by the area's deadly wildfiresABC News - Jan. 16 -
How a design concept may help save homes from wildfires
In Los Angeles, where the historic Palisades and Eaton Fires continue to burn, a home built using a so-called passive design concept was the only one still standing in its neighborhood. David ...CBS News - Jan. 16 -
L.A. Wildfire Victims Need Cash More Than Used Clothes: How to Help
After natural disasters, relief organizations are overwhelmed by clothing donations. Aid groups in Southern California say money is more helpful.The New York Times - Jan. 16 -
People whose homes were spared in L.A. wildfires contend with survivor's guilt
Before the wildfires tore through the Altadena community of Los Angeles County, there were 12 houses on Winrock Avenue.NBC News - Jan. 16 -
How one CBS News reporter used TikTok to help wildfire evacuees
CBS News Sacramento's Ashley Sharp has received widespread praise for assisting families affected by the Los Angeles wildfires, sharing updates on their homes on TikTok. They have garnered millions ...CBS News - Jan. 16 -
Amid LA wildfires, firefighter is called out for helping mom with toddler
Briana Cap, an actor and mom of two, opened up about how a firefighter showed her kindness and gave her a helping hand amid the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires.ABC News - Jan. 16 -
Reduced winds help firefighters battle intense California wildfires
Reduced winds are helping firefighters gain control of the intense wildfires in Southern California and they are hoping it will lead to more progress against the devastating blazes. NBC’s Morgan ...NBC News - Jan. 16 -
Pasadena Teenager Starts Donation Drive to Help Girls Affected by California Wildfires
An eighth grader started a donation drive for teenagers whose homes burned in Los Angeles. Ariana Grande, Prince Harry, Meghan and others have chipped in.The New York Times - Jan. 16 -
Zelenskyy offers firefighting help from Ukraine for Los Angeles-area wildfires
In the wake of multiple wildfires that have torched tens of thousands of acres of Los Angeles County, local firefighters and first responders have received support from across the world.CBS News - Jan. 13 -
How to help victims of the Los Angeles wildfires and avoid scams
Wildfires have decimated more than 37,000 acres of the Los Angeles metropolitan area over the last several days, charring more than 12,000 structures, displacing over 150,000 residents and leaving ...NBC News - Jan. 12 -
How to deal with "survivor's guilt" amid wildfires, according to an expert
The wildfires in California are leaving many of those unaffected feeling a sense of "survivor's guilt." A psychiatrist shares advice.CBS News - Jan. 10 -
Lasting psychological impacts of natural disasters on survivors
As massive flames continue to ravage Southern California, survivors are left to pick up the pieces. Dr. Sue Varma talks about the long-term psychological effects of natural disasters, highlighting ...CBS News - Jan. 10 -
How to help Southern California wildfire victims
Nearly 180,000 people have been forced from their homes by the devastating wildfires burning in Southern California. They include Dale Fielder, who is sheltering at the Pasadena Convention Center ...CBS News - Jan. 9 -
At Los Angeles emergency shelters, wildfire evacuees turn to community help amid uncertainty
Emergency shelters have become refuges for many whose lives have been upended by the unprecedented fires that continue to ravage the Los Angeles area.NBC News - Jan. 10 -
Los Angeles wildfire survivor describes harrowing escape
Flames from the Palisades Fire surrounded the car Aaron Samson and his 83-year-old father-in-law, who has Parkinson's disease, were in as they tried to escape.CBS News - Jan. 9 -
California wildfire survivor describes harrowing escape from Palisades Fire
The Los Angeles area wildfires have forced more than 100,000 people from their homes. Aaron Samson and his 83-year-old father-in-law, who has Parkinson's disease, escaped on foot from the Palisades ...CBS News - Jan. 9 -
Palisades Fire devastates communities amid call for additional help to contain wildfires
The Palisades Fire has devoured everything in its path, including some of the most exclusive and pricey neighborhoods in the U.S. It is now considered the most destructive fire in Los Angeles ...CBS News - Jan. 9 -
How to help victims of Southern California wildfires
Nonprofit groups are working to distribute essential supplies to those impacted.CBS News - Jan. 8 -
How to help victims of LA wildfires
The Red Cross Cross and Salvation Army are already mobilizing to help victims.The Hill - Jan. 8 -
DeSantis, longtime Newsom rival, offers help to California amid wildfires
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) offered assistance to California on Wednesday as the state grapples with severe wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area. “Our prayers are with everyone affected by ...The Hill - Jan. 8 -
Urgency mounts in search for powerful Tibet earthquake survivors
Over 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet were rescued, Chinese officials said on Wednesday, with an unknown number still unaccountedNBC News - Jan. 8 -
In Tibet, Earthquake Survivors Face Freezing Weather Conditions
Rescuers rushed to distribute blankets and tents to those displaced by the magnitude-7.1 quake that struck Tibetan villages near Nepal, toppling over 3,000 homes.The New York Times - Jan. 8 -
Search goes into night for survivors of Tibet quake
Rescuers have arrived in the area at the foot of Mount Everest, with fears overnight temperatures could drop to -18C.BBC News - Jan. 7 -
New Orleans attack was 'very traumatic': Survivor
Bryan described the scene after suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove right by her, calling the attack "very traumatic" in an exclusive "Banfield" interview Thursday.The Hill - Jan. 3 -
Hospital gives update on survivors of New Orleans attack
Dr. Jeffrey Elder, chief medical officer at University Medical Center in New Orleans, speaks to "CBS Mornings" about the conditions of survivors of the vehicle attack and how the hospital became a ...CBS News - Jan. 2