Jessica Alvarez had two reasons to evacuate. The Creek Fire was coming up toward her home in Meadow Lakes for one. But, the unhealthy air affecting her seven-year-old daughter was the main reason she sought refuge with the Red Cross at their temporary evacuation point at the Granite Ridge Middle...
Granville Homes Launches $50K Creek Fire Relief Fund to Assist Victims
Granville Homes launched a Creek Fire relief campaign on Wednesday aiming to raise $50,000 to assist those affected by the wildfire. The company pledged to match, dollar for dollar, the first $25,000 in contributions made through the Granville Creek Fire Relief Fund website. The site also includes links to other...
Red Cross Jumps in to Help Evacuees From Sprawling Creek Fire
Loretta Sylvas was fanning off flies buzzing around at the Granite Ridge Middle School gym. Sylvas, along with 10 other members of her family spanning four generations, evacuated their homes at the Big Sandy Rancheria in Auberry just hours earlier. Fortunately, they had enough time to pack up and leave....
Red Cross Starts COVID-19 Antibody Testing in Merced Area
The American Red Cross began testing all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies in the Merced area Monday. The antibody test is authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and may indicate if the donor’s immune system has produced antibodies to the coronavirus, regardless of whether an...
COVID-19 Fight: Red Cross Collecting Plasma to Help Patients
Following a new initiative from the FDA, the American Red Cross is searching for eligible candidates to help with an effort to use plasma to treat patients with serious or immediately life-threatening COVID-19 infections. Process to Identify and Qualify Individuals The Red Cross is working with the FDA to develop a...
Hundreds of Military Explosives Found at Stockton Home Were Replicas
UPDATE, 6:36 p.m., Jan. 24, 2019 STOCKTON — Hundreds of military explosive devices found at a California home were replicas, experts determined Friday. Twenty homes were evacuated for nearly 24 hours after Stockton police officers found the explosives Thursday when they went to the home to check on a 70-year-old man...
'Catastrophic' Hurricane Dorian Parks Over the Bahamas
FREEPORT, Bahamas — Practically parking over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a watery onslaught that devastated thousands of homes, trapped people in attics and crippled hospitals. At least five deaths were reported, with the full extent of the...