South Florida may be 3,000 miles away from those in need, but advocates said they'd be grateful for the donations.

Matias Ortiz, a Miami native, told CBS News Miami's Anna McAllister he lost everything as his home burned to the ground in the Los Angeles area.

The importance of year-round fire preparedness and of having a robust infrastructure to combat potential blazes is being emphasized.

Joe “Da Barber” Alfano of Jupiter's Barbers Edge was invited to Los Angeles to provide firefighters haircuts during the ongoing wildfires in Southern California. He will be joined by John Rourke, who will help distribute goods to the first responders.

The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 37 square miles. That’s more than half the land size of Washington, D.C. A second fire, the Eaton Fire, is now more than 22 square miles. The Palisades Fire threatens thousands of structures inside the fire’s perimeter.

CBS News Miami's Trish Christakis spoke with Nico Feula, who lives in Sylmar, one of the several areas impacted by the wildfires in Southern California.

The cost of insuring against catastrophe for a large part of the market has already been locked down for a year, so the immediate impact is a way off.

Ocala Trinity Catholic (Florida) announced on Friday the appointment of Clint Hart as the Celtics next head football coach. Hart becomes the suuccessor to John Brantley, who won 98 games at Trinity Catholic and now is the head coach at Ocala Forest.

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted last week and roared across the Los Angeles area.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.

Led by CJ Brown's 16 points, the South Florida Bulls defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane 63-56. The Bulls are now 10-8 on the season, while the Golden Hurricane moved to 8-10.

As out-of-state emergency responders return home after lending a helping hand in battling the Eaton and Palisades Fires in Los Angeles County, one neighboring firefighter is returning home with the new excitement of expecting triplets.