Touched by personal stories of anguish and loss from the fires, donors have sent tens of millions of dollars directly to families in Los Angeles via crowdfunding. These competing pleas for generosity have uneven results.

Thousands of wildfire victims have turned to GoFundMe and other crowdfunding sites to raise money to support themselves or loved ones impacted by the fires. However, those donations could limit monetary assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The former flight attendant was accused of violating Alaska Airlines' social media policy after the clip went viral.

Nelle Diala said she posted the video to mark the end of her probation period, and was told she had violated the company's social media policy.

You better work and not twerk. An Alaska Airlines flight attendant found that out the hard way when she was fired after posting a viral TikTok video of herself twerking on a plane during a two-hour wait for the pilot to arrive,