LA wildfires: Los Angeles sports teams donate $8 million to relief efforts

Twelve Los Angeles pro sports teams on Monday pledged to donate a combined $8 million to support victims of the Los Angeles wildfires and those fighting the blazes. Angel City FC, the Angels, Chargers, Clippers, Dodgers, Ducks, Galaxy, Kings, LAFC, Lakers, Rams and Sparks will make contributions to the American Red Cross, Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and other relief organizations, they said. READ | IOC to replace swimmer Hall’s Olympic medals lost in Los Angeles wildfire The teams and Fanatics, the sports apparel and Fan Gear Store, will also distribute $3 million worth of sports merchandise to Angelenos who have been evacuated from their homes and distribute personal hygiene kits, school supplies, sneakers and more at relief sites around the city. Dangerously high winds were expected to return to Los Angeles on Monday, jeopardizing efforts to contain two massive wildfires that have leveled whole neighborhoods, claimed the lives of at least two dozen people and burned an area the size of Washington, D.C.