While Michelle's family begins the long road to recovery, she says she learned three things from this experience: simplify, put that phone down, and hug the people in your life.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A woman born and raised in Mount Oliver says she's lost everything to the wildfire in Altadena, a suburb of Los Angeles. From her daughter's school burning down to all her belongings going up in flames, Julie Lattner said the Eaton fire scorching Altadena is one people need to hear about.

An Allegheny County woman now living in Hollywood, California, was forced out of her home amid a wildfire outbreak.

One truck filled with N95 masks is en route from Pittsburgh to California. It will be followed by two more trucks filled with supplies, like water bottles and hygiene kits.

As first responders continue to battle the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County, several organizations have sprung into action to help them as well as those impacted by the fires. That now includes the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation.

The Penguins, and one Pittsburgh native, held different fundraisers in support for those impacted by the fires at Tuesday night's game against the Seattle Kraken's. One was a 50/50 raffle and the other, a specialty print.

A retired Pittsburgh Police officer and his family are among the thousands who’ve lost nearly everything in the devastating wildfires tearing through California.

Sophomore Baden Forup put up a season-high 24 points on a perfect shooting performance, and Pitt-Johnstown took charge over the final six minutes on the way to an 105-93 victory

"It's tough to see 5,000 houses, structures that are just gone and lives that have been, you know, ruined and lives lost. It's very difficult to see that," Cpt. RK Smithley said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is tapping the brakes on claims of success by President Biden, President-elect Trump and partners in the Middle East that a ceasefire and hostage release deal has been achieved to pause 15 months of war. Netanyahu has so far delayed a vote in Israel’s security Cabinet to accept the ceasefire…

A jazz musician and graduate of the University of Pittsburgh is one of thousands of people whose homes were destroyed in the California wildfires this week. "Where do you go from here? What are we going to do? We're all in a daze," said Dale Fielder.

Janice Jackson was born in Pittsburgh, but moved to California as a teenager in 1964. Her mother was the second Black woman to live in the Altadena community, according to her family.