california wildfires

Hilton launches recovery fund for women business owners after disasters

March 15, 2026 Gabriela Aoun Angueira

Pop culture star, advocate and entrepreneur Paris Hilton launched an initiative Monday to support female small-business owners impacted by disasters, a nationwide expansion of her philanthropic support for women entrepreneurs after the 2025 Los Angeles […]

Hilton nonprofit gives $25K grants to women-owned businesses after wildfires

April 5, 2025 Gabriela Aoun Angueira

LOS ANGELES — There are brief moments when Annisa Faquir forgets that the Little Red Hen Coffee Shop, the Altadena diner her grandmother founded a half-century ago, burned down in the Eaton Fire. “You think, […]

Regulator mulls State Farm’s 22% hike request for LA homeowner

March 24, 2025 Trân Nguyễn

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s top insurance regulator last Friday said he would approve an emergency request by State Farm to raise premiums 22% on home insurance for about a million customers if the insurance giant […]

Sting, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform at FireAid Benefit Concert

January 27, 2025 Maria Sherman

NEW YORK — Sting, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the performers slated to take the stage at FireAid, a benefit concert for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief. Announced last week, […]

Stars lose homes in LA area fires; Jamie Lee Curtis, Grammys pledge $1M to relief effort

January 16, 2025 The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Fires burning in and around Los Angeles have claimed the homes of numerous celebrities, including Billy Crystal, Jeff Bridges and R&B star Jhené Aiko. Thousands of structures have been destroyed, but damage […]

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Dying winds give crews hope in Northern California fires

September 29, 2020 Janie Har Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Easing winds gave California firefighters a break Tuesday as they battled a destructive wildfire that was driven by strong winds through wine country north of San Francisco and another rural blaze that […]