As fires continue to burn across Los Angeles, the recovery process is beginning for some. One pastor lost everything to the flames, and now Michigan is stepping in to help.
The American Red Cross of Michigan sent Michigan volunteers to southern California on Sunday to support disaster response operation and help those impacted by the wildfires. Four volunteers will support emergency shelters on the ground while four more volunteers will provide support virtually from Michigan.
International Aid, a Christian nonprofit, is providing the funds to Vintage Church Malibu and Vintage Church Pasadena.
A team of Red Cross volunteers from Michigan is headed to southern California to help people who have been impacted by destructive wildfires in the area.
The Great Michigan Fire, also with an unconfirmed death toll, is believed to have claimed more than 500 lives, according to records from the National Weather Service. A decade later, the Thumb Fire of 1881 would kill an estimated 275 people, making it the third deadliest wildfire in U.S. history.
As fires continue to burn in southern California, a factory in metro Grand Rapids is manufacturing equipment specially designed to fight wildfires.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) raised concerns about the possibility of President-elect Trump withholding federal disaster aid to the state amid the ongoing wildfires in the greater Los Angeles
Here's where you can donate to help victims of the Southern California wildfires. The American Red Cross of Michigan sent Michigan volunteers to southern California on Sunday to support disaster ...
“In cold temperatures like this, when the firefighters stop and they have sweat underneath, once they lose the protection of that vapor barrier --they never get it back,” Fire Lieutenant Jason Hendrick with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said.
Costco Teamsters members voted to authorize a strike if negotiations on a new contract don't result in a new deal by Jan. 31.
One prospect that Michigan is in good shape with is four-star Thomasville (Ga.) Thomas County Central edge rusher Cam Brooks, who recently included the Wolverines in his 'Top 9' schools alongside Georgia, Ohio State, Tennessee, Miami, Florida State, Auburn, Clemson and California.
The Michigan Innovation Fund is the largest funding proposal for the Michigan entrepreneurship ecosystem since the passage of the 21st Century Jobs Fund in 2005, said Jennifer Hayes, senior vice president for operations and policy at Invest Detroit. It’s also Michigan’s first-ever contribution to evergreen structured investment funds.