Will.i.am, D-Nice & DJ Hed Join ‘L.A. Check In’ Virtual Benefit For Wildfire Relief​on January 16, 2025 at 2:47 am

As Southern California attempts to recover from last week’s wildfires, the Annenberg Foundation and I Am Angel are hosting a virtual benefit.

Will.i.am, DJ Derrick ‘D-Nice‘ Jones, DJ Hed, Etienne Maurice and other special guests will appear in the ‘L.A. Check In’, streaming live on Instagram and YouTube on Thursday at 6pm from FYI Studios.

Fashioned after Jones’ COVID-era ‘Club Quarantine‘, the benefit aims to provide inspiration and support for people devastated by wildfires while spotlighting the organizations that are on the front lines helping.  

Meanwhile, stars like Paris Hilton, Milo Ventimiglia, Adam Brody, Leighton Meester and Billy Crystal have lost their homes in the wildfires, which broke out in the Pacific Palisades, Eaton Canyon, Malibu, the Hollywood Hills and other areas around Los Angeles County amid a “life-threatening and destructive” windstorm that picked up last week.

As of Wednesday, at least 25 people have died in the Southern California wildfires. Meanwhile, more than 105,000 people have received mandatory evacuation orders. Since the fires started, officers have made 44 arrests across the impacted areas, including for arson, burglary, breaking curfew and other violations.

President Joe Biden, who extended his Los Angeles trip last week to visit first responders and those affected, declared the fires a major disaster and directed the federal government to cover 100% of costs for disaster assistance.