How Angelina Jolie and son Knox are helping people amid the fires in Los Angeles
As wildfires continue to ravage the Los Angeles area, Angelina Jolie and her son Knox do their best to help.
Jolie, 49, and Knox, 16, were spotted at a grocery store loading up on essentials, including water, according to a story published Daily Mail on Friday, January 10.
“There are people in our house,” she said as she packed her trunk in a video obtained by the mall. When asked if she plans to donate to the relief effort, she said: “Yes, I will, right now I’m taking care of my loved ones and hosting them in my home.”
Knox is one of Jolie’s six children with her ex-husband Brad Pitt. The exes are also parents to sons Maddox, 23, and Pax, 21, and daughters Zachary, 20, Shiloh, 18, and Knox’s twin sister, Vivienne.
Mario Tama/Getty Images Tens of thousands of people — including top celebrities — have evacuated after wildfires in Los Angeles, leaving many wondering how to help those living in need. After the storm sparked wildfires on Tuesday morning, January 7, local residents were forced to evacuate their homes and businesses because (…)
The forest fire crisis has been raging in the Los Angeles area since Tuesday, Jan. 7, when high winds sparked fast-moving brush fires that continued to spread in an area that hasn’t seen much rainfall in months.
As of Friday, January 10, 10 people have died, 9,000 structures have been damaged, and 150,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Los Angeles Times. Jolie’s $25 million home in Los Feliz remained outside the evacuation zone.
Due to the location of the fires, many other celebrities were not so lucky, many of whom live in the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. Paris Hilton, Anna Faris, Come on Monday and Spencer Pratt, billy crystal Mel Gibson and Milo Ventimiglia are among the celebrities who have confirmed they have lost their homes.
“Sitting with my family watching the news and seeing our home in Malibu burn to the ground live is something no one should ever have to experience,” Hilton wrote via Instagram on Wednesday. “We have built so many precious memories in this house. This is where Phoenix took its first steps, and where we dreamed of creating a lifetime of memories with London.”
Los Angeles has been hit with some terrible natural weather – and it’s had a big impact on its star community. An extreme storm driven by Santa Ana gusts sparked fast-burning brush fires around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, as drivers on Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive left their cars for safety, according to (…)
Meanwhile, Jolie isn’t the only celebrity to lend a helping hand. Jamie Lee Curtis announced on Thursday that she is donating $1 million to relief efforts. Sharon Stone partnered with The Coop store in Los Angeles to collect donations for displaced people, and Halle Berry said she was donating “the whole closet.”
in general CBS News reports that more than 200,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, and another 166,000 people are under evacuation warnings.
Check it out LAFD website for local forest fire alerts and click here for resources about how to help victims.
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