<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><header class="css-9c2z6y e345g291" style="margin: 0.3125rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="css-30n6iy e345g290" style="margin: 0px 20px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% - 40px); max-width: 600px;"><div class="css-acwcvw" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="css-pqwbx7 e1hs04dy0" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; -webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center; width: 374px;"><div class="css-1baulvz" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block;"><p class="css-1bsd9ka e1x1pwtg1" itemprop="author creator" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemid="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.25rem; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/julia-jacobs" class="css-luz7vr e1x1pwtg0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: inline;"><span class="css-1baulvz" itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; -webkit-text-decoration-line: none;">Julia Jacobs</span></a></p></div></div><ul class="css-zh8slb e1hs04dy1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; display: flex; -webkit-box-pack: justify; justify-content: space-between; -webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><time class="css-1wnyjki eqgapgq0" datetime="2018-11-11" style="margin: 7px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.25rem; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto; display: inline-block; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nov. 11, 2018</time><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Three wildfires in California have displaced hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed thousands of homes. So far, dozens of people have been confirmed dead and</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><a class="css-1g7m0tk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/us/california-fire-missing-list.html?module=inline" title="" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-decoration-line: underline;">hundreds more are missing</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">.</span></li></ul></div></div></header><section name="articleBody" itemprop="articleBody" class="css-1572rug" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="css-u5vfum StoryBodyCompanionColumn" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex;"><div class="css-4w7y5l" style="margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 414px;"><p class="css-1ebnwsw e2kc3sl0" style="margin: 0px 20px 0.75rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5rem; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% - 40px); max-width: 600px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Vast expanses of land have been scorched in Northern California by the Camp Fire — the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state’s history — and in Southern California by the Woolsey and Hill Fires.</span></p><p class="css-1ebnwsw e2kc3sl0" style="margin: 0px 20px 0.75rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5rem; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% - 40px); max-width: 600px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here’s how you can help.</span></p><h2 class="css-1505tg eqpy7av0" id="link-980bf3e" style="margin: 30px 20px 0.75rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% - 40px); max-width: 600px;"><span style="font-size: 23px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Research before you donate</span></h2><p class="css-1ebnwsw e2kc3sl0" style="margin: 0px 20px 0.75rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5rem; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% - 40px); max-width: 600px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Remember to <a class="css-1g7m0tk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/business/charity-disaster-relief.html?module=inline" title="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-decoration-line: underline;">do your research on a charity’s reputation</a> for using donations effectively. <a class="css-1g7m0tk" href="https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?keyword_list=california+fire&bay=search.results" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-decoration-line: underline;">Charity Navigator</a> is a good source to consult.</span></p><p class="css-1ebnwsw e2kc3sl0" style="margin: 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5rem; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% - 40px); max-width: 600px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also, remember that <a class="css-1g7m0tk" href="https://www.cidi.org/how-disaster-relief-works/guidelines-for-giving/" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; 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