24 Feb – Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson have recently donated USD 1 million to the aid relief efforts in the wake of the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires. The news was confirmed by the couple in a joint-statement released on Instagram, which read, "Like so many of us, we see the loss and devastation wrought by the Altadena and Palisades fires. The challenge of the future of these communities is immense."
The amount will be divided to five different charity funds, including the Los Angeles Fire Foundation, American Red Cross and SAG-AFTRA Foundation Disaster Relief Fund. Hanks and Wilson are among many other celebrities who have donated to the aid relief, including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Leonardo DiCaprio, Paris Hilton, Jamie Lee Curtis and many more. A series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States from 7 to 31 January, burning over 57,000 acres of land in total.