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Early last week, visual artist Kirie Ventura was visiting the Bay Area when the deadly Eaton and Palisades wildfires broke out in her home of Los Angeles. Though her own apartment in the heart of the city was safe, dozens of her friends lost their houses and belongings as the week unfolded and more fires broke out.
Soon, stores in L.A. sold out of N95 masks and water bottles. So she got an idea.
“We’re well-supplied up here in the Northern California area,” she said. “So we might as well take these supplies, and people like me — who are just going to head back down anyway — might as well just make a caravan and just go down there together.”…