By Mauri Shuler
As the firestorm swept through the California wine country, the entire town of Calistoga was evacuated and many residents, including at least a thousand agricultural workers, drove to the Red Cross shelter in Napa.
By Mauri Shuler
Fire and other natural disasters do not discriminate; they have the potential to destroy everything in their path. Wealthy or poor, black or white, Christian or Muslim — disasters do not discriminate. For many at the Red Cross, the North Bay fires this month hit very close to home, with Red Crossers being among the many people affected. Read more
By Cindy Huge
(Photo by Cindy Huge)
With only a few moments notice, Marianne Majer quickly evacuated her home of 47 years.
“I woke up to my neighbors loudly knocking on my door,” she recalls. “They said I must immediately evacuate due to a fire in the area. I grabbed my purse, car keys, medication, and a few clothes and quickly left my home,” Majer said. Read more
By Mauri Shuler
When Stacy Cardinale stepped into the Sonoma County Red Cross Service Center in Santa Rosa this morning, she didn’t know what to expect. By the time she left the facility an hour or so later, she said the Red Cross “made sure all my needs are met.” Read more
By Mauri Shuler
Jamie Rosales lives in Oakmont, one of the Santa Rosa neighborhoods devastated by the wildfires. His neighbor woke him up at 1 a.m. Monday. They were told to leave and found a Red Cross shelter through word-of-mouth. Read more
By Mauri Shuler
Simon Timony told his two bosses (he works two jobs – as a caretaker and a bartender) that he was leaving his home in San Francisco to help fire victims in the North Bay. Then he got a ride to his assignment in Napa County. “It was so horrific, I had to get here.” Read more
