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Here are 15 fundraisers at L.A. bars and restaurants to support first-responders and neighbors affected by the tragic fires via eating and drinking, including pizza pop-ups, oyster festivals, and superhero tacos.

Hadley Tomicki

January 17, 2025

Gracias Señor's customers in Pacific Palisades were 70% locals, including many students from the local high school that burned down. On the day the fire started, taquero Rudy Barrientos barely made it out in time to not have to abandon his popular food truck. Through World Central Kitchen, he's been serving the first responders who are working the graveyard shift breakfast burritos. As for the future, he doesn't know where he will set up next.

Javier Cabral

January 16, 2025

A West L.A.-raised photographer looks back at his sacred place in high school, turning his lens on the ruins that remain.

Kemal Cilengir

January 15, 2025

“We need to support each other. If we don’t do it, nobody’s going to do it,” one of the volunteers said through his N-95 mask.

Hilary Beaumont

January 15, 2025