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A summit that included a star-studded virtual concert hosted by Dwayne Johnson has raised nearly $7 billion in cash and loan guarantees to assist the poor around the globe whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.

Richard Weitz, Hollywood agent and partner with WME, and his daughter Demi started “Quarantunes” shortly after LA went into quarantine, welcoming legendary artists who perform from their living rooms. The duo’s weekly Zoom parties aimed to initially raise $10,000, but it has quickly grown way beyond that goal. Every week surprise guests perform from their living rooms as about 400…

Danielle Nottingham zooms with some of the stars of “Once Upon a Time” who are raising money for Children’s Hospital Orange County. One lucky fan will win a virtual reunion with Lana Parrilla, Colin O’Donoghue, Emilie de Ravin, Rebecca Mader, Andrew J. West, Sean Maguire, Dania Ramirez, and Raphael Sbarge.

Dozens of restaurants across the Bay Area are participating in a nationwide fundraiser Tuesday that will provide meals to local food banks.

Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock are among the star-studded comedians who are taking part in the Feeding America Comedy Festival on NBC Sunday May 10. Entertainment Studios Chairman and CEO Byron Allen talks to Danielle Nottingham about putting the special together and reminds us that laughter is sometimes the best medicine.

Jan, Oscar, Meredith, and Creed are back! Danielle Nottingham had some laughs with some of the cast members of ‘The Office’. They’re raising money for Variety Boys & Girls Club and one lucky winner gets a digital coffee date.

Growl, Meow & Wine is the East Bay SPCA’s annual signature fundraising event. It is a fun, informal celebration of our mission and recent achievements and the many donors, partners and friends that make it possible for us to continue helping animals and people in our community. Guests are invited to tour our Oakland facility and meet some of...

Steph and Ayesha Curry continue to help those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Their latest contribution is launching a fundraiser on Facebook for Feeding America.

A Pennsylvania woman who rescued a piglet that was darting in and out of rush-hour traffic is getting help from local businesses to fund a surgery it needs to survive.

Melanie Whelan is resigning from her position as chief executive officer of SoulCycle, effective Tuesday, the company told CNBC Make It. Both sides felt it was time for a leadership transition, according to a person briefed on the decision who asked not to be named because those discussions were private. A spokesperson for SoulCycle declined to comment on the impetus...

The Maryland woman who has accused Democratic Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of raping her while they were students at Duke University in 2000 is a single mother who values her privacy, worked for several years as a school fundraiser and had a sometimes-turbulent personal life.

A South Bay school says it’s ready to take the fight to vandals who have defaced a mural of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez at Lowell Elementary in San Jose.

A senior Trump administration official has embellished her résumé with misleading claims about her professional background — even creating a fake Time magazine cover with her face on it — raising questions about her qualifications to hold a top position at the State Department, according to NBC News. An NBC News investigation found that Mina Chang, the deputy assistant secretary...

One of the largest Veterans Day parades where locals gather to celebrate Veterans in their community is in Petaluma. See it on California Live Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.

Singer John Legend was on hand to lend support as 18 former felons were granted the right to vote in what Miami officials say is a simple and streamlined process.

The Trump administration accelerated the pace of its environmental rollbacks for the country’s coal-fired power plants Monday, proposing to weaken two Obama-era rules aimed at cleaning up dangerous heavy metals and ash from coal plants and keeping them from washing into groundwater and waterways. The new proposals — the latest in a series of regulatory breaks granted by the administration...

Chicago’s top cop won’t be in attendance when President Donald Trump addresses the International Association of Chiefs of Police at their annual conference in the city next week.

Oprah Winfrey says she’s giving $13 million to increase a scholarship endowment at a historically black college. Winfrey announced her plan Monday at Morehouse College in Atlanta, adding to the $12 million she gave to the all-male college in 1989. She was meeting with 47 students who benefit from the existing endowment.