Coronavirus changes how Red Cross provides shelter when disaster strikes

Canoga Park resident Richard Ma heeded a voluntary evacuation warning as the Woolsey Fire charred almost 97,000 acres in November 2018 and was lucky to have friends who took him in. The UCLA sociology major, 17 at the time, felt compelled to do something for others driven from their homes, so he offered to help out at a nearby American Red Cross shelter.
Over 250,000 people were evacuated and 1,075 residences were destroyed during the fire. Hundreds who fled their San Fernando Valley communities