Jan. 22, 2025

Shane Gillis and Bill Burr Benefit and more Uplifting Stories Amidst the LA Wildfire

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories revolving around the recent LA wildfires. Highlights include how GoFundMe campaigns have raised over $100 million for those affected and a benefit comedy show starring Bill Burr and Shane Gillis. Additionally, various music artists are organizing a concert to support fire relief efforts. Vanessa Bryant has donated over 8,000 pieces of apparel and shoes to displaced families, while Vice President Kamala Harris visited Altadena to meet with volunteers and firefighters. Tune in for more inspirational stories and updates.

00:30 GoFundMe's Impact on LA Wildfire Relief
01:02 Personal Stories of Loss and Support
01:32 Celebrity Contributions and Events
02:42 Vanessa Bryant's Generous Donation
03:17 Kamala Harris Visits Firefighters and Volunteers

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hey, they're Johnny Mack with five Good

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News Stories. A reminder that the main episodes are now

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out on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. The reasoning for that

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is noticed in the fall that dropping episodes on Sunday

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we're doing particularly well. So I'm doing that to help

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grow the show. In between, I've been doing some bonus

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episodes about good news coming from the bad stories. In

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the LA wildfires, go fund me has generated more than

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one hundred million dollars for those impacted by the fires.

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Jeff Schaeffer as president of JMC Philanthropic Advisors, which helps

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family foundations and wealthy individuals in LA manage their giving.

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Jeff said, each disaster is unique, but this one's a

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little bit unprecedented just because of the size and scope.

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These donors are going above and beyond, giving additional dollars

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beyond what they would normally give. Thousands of people have

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already donated to relief efforts, including the gofundmes and local

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orgs such as the LA Regional Food Bank and the

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LA Fire Department Foundation. Scharene is an LA resident who

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helped raise over one hundred and sixteen thousand dollars on

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behalf of her outdiding of friends Brandon and Gwendolyn, they

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lost their home. Serene said the GoFundMe was sort of

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a no brainer. This is the stuff that's not going

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to be covered by insurance or FEMA. A site created

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on behalf of Jordan, who lost his father and brother

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in the Eaton fire, has raised over one hundred and

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eighty five thousand dollars. Kidro lost her home and said,

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my friend put together this GoFundMe for me, which I'm

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very grateful for. I didn't expect it. I didn't think

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i'd needed I don't even know if I could go

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back to work because of all my work stuff burned.

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On Monday night, Bill Burr and Shane Gillis are joining

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forces for a benefit comedy show that will support relief efforts.

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The event is Monday, January twenty seventh that the Wiltern

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Theater in La All proceeds from the benefit will go

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to the Wildfire Relief Program, a GoFundMe org that's currently

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supporting relief and recovery efforts related to the wildfires burning

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in La County. That program set a goal to raise

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eight million dollars as I record this. On Wednesday morning,

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they had raised a little over five million dollars. Bill

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Burr had been on Jimmy Kimmel's show and said, I

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feel lucky and I think everybody did a good job.

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Unlike the Internet, all these fire experts saying why do

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you just fly a helicopter to the ocean? I don't know,

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because there were one hundred not wins. On the thirtieth,

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there would be a music concert to help raise money.

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Alanis Morissett, Graham Nash, John Fogerty, Olivia Rodrigo, Stevie Wonder

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and The Black Crows will join No Doubt, Pink, Joni Mitchell,

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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rod Stewart, Sting, Dave Matthews, John

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Mayer and others. The event, hosted at the Kia Forum

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and Into a Dom, will be broadcast internationally on several places.

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Many of you likely have Netflix. It's also being streamed

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on Prime Video and max Fire Aid will there are

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days before the Grammy Awards are set to take place.

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On the second. Vanessa Bryant can be seen on Instagram

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donating eight thousand pieces of Appareland sneakers to those in

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need after being displaced by the fires. She captured the

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post today, Mamba Mama Sida Sports took our first step

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in supporting children and families that had to evacuate their

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homes due to the LA fires. Over eight thousand pieces

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of Apparelan sneakers where donates of families need for the

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LA Strong Essentials distribution today, she continued, Thank you Dodgers

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for hosting. Thank you to our family, friends and new

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friends that helped distribute Appareland sneakers today. We couldn't have

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done this without you. There's a long road to recovery

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ahead of us, so stay tuned for our ongoing efforts

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to help LA rebuild. After Vice President Kamala Harris left

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office earlier in the week, she returned to California and

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hit Altadena, where she met with volunteers and firefighters working

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on the Eaton fire. Harris and husband Doug met with

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volunteers working for World Central Kitchen. We've talked about them

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a few times on this program. That's the nonprofit organization

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founded by chef Jose Andres that's distributing free meals at

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Altadena and the Pacific Palisades. Harris said the volunteers were

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there some of them lost their own homes and they're

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doing the work of taking care of perfect strangers. These

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are folks who understand the strength and the value of community.

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One Pasadena resident and stopped by and she was surprised

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to see who handed the meal to her was a

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beef and rice dish and orange and a plastic packet

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of utensils. Yep, it was former VP Harris and set

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the bag down and immediately called her sister, saying, this

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is too fantastic. Kamala ayrs is serving the food. It's

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five point fifteen. Maybe if you hurry you can get

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over here. Harris said, moments of crisis really do reveal

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the heroes among us. California firefighters time and time again

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proved themselves to be the best at the kind of

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work that's about dealing with these moments of unprecedented crisis

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and doing with extraordinary courage and sacrifice. And those are

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your five good news stories for today, normal episode tomorrow.

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See you there.