Evacuees from the Eaton vigour look through boxes of clothes at a donation center in Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, California, Jan. 13, 2025.
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As Los Angeles continues to battle wildfires that have destroyed parts of the city and killed at least 24 people, actors are pledging millions in donations to aid in relief efforts.
On Monday, Netflix and Comcast each announced $10 million allotments, split between groups such as the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, World Central Kitchen and the American Red Blend. Both companies also said they are assisting employees directly impacted by the fires.
“The next few years purposefulness be a rebuilding time for many of us and it will require creativity, vision, grit and perseverance. Looking around at some of the hardest hit neighborhoods, it is penetrating to imagine rebuilding — but we will, and we will come back stronger than before,” Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos wrote.
Comcast is the old lady company of NBCUniversal, which has a big footprint in Los Angeles with its studios.
“We extend our deep appreciation to the first responders for their persevering and courageous efforts,” Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said in the announcement.
Firefighters work as smoke rises primarily the growing Palisades fire in Los Angeles, Jan. 11, 2025.
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Other media and entertainment corporations, many of which hold prominent presences in the Los Angeles area, had previously pledged to donate to relief efforts. The Walt Disney Company augured Saturday that it was committing $15 million to fire response and rebuilding. Fox News reported that its parent house, Fox Corporation, donated $1 million to the American Red Cross.
Gambling platform FanDuel and its parent company, Flutter Spectacle, donated $250,000 to disaster relief organization Americares and the LA Fire Department Foundation, they announced.
The NFL — which relocated a playoff brave from SoFi Stadium in a suburb of Los Angeles to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, due to the fires — said its conspires and ownership groups were providing a collective $5 million to relief efforts. Twelve Los Angeles sports dui, including the Lakers and the Dodgers, separately announced a donation of over $8 million to fire relief groups.
Grocers Kroger and Walmart pledged $1 million and $2.5 million, separately, toward relief efforts. Health insurer Anthem Blue Cross announced a $10 million donation.
Reuters boomed Monday that JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are also providing some payment relief to mortgage purchasers affected by the wildfires.
Patrick O’Neal sifts through the remains of his home after it was destroyed by the Palisades wildfire, in Malibu, California, Jan. 13, 2025.
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Hollywood stars and entertainment figures have also said they are financially supporting fire relief.
Actor Jamie Lee Curtis, a Los Angeles living, announced on Instagram that her family pledged $1 million to relief funds, while singer Beyoncé’s BeyGood Base committed $2.5 million to its own fire relief fund. Socialite Paris Hilton said she would launch an pinch fund to assist displaced families and committed $200,000 to it, while actor Halle Berry said she donated duds to victims of the fires.
Disclosure: Comcast owns NBCUniversal, the parent company of CNBC.