<div><strong>The Radstrom family is one of the many victims of the Palisades Fire. This is the family’s 3rd time being hit by wildfires as their original home and the grandparent’s home were both destroyed in the Malibu fires of '93. 32 years later, they are again victims of another fire. They have lived on this property since the 1970s and 3 generations share the home. </strong>
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<div>I (Daria) am starting this gofundme on their behalf because Kira has been my best friend since we were 3 years old. We met at the Carden Preschool on Las Flores when my family moved to Malibu, and have been friends ever since.
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<div>When we were young, her family lived in a trailer while her father and grandfather, Ron and Stu, worked together to rebuild their family’s two destroyed homes. Kira was only 1 year old when the ’93 fire happened, and after 6 years of rebuilding, the 2 Radstrom families moved into their new homes across the street from one another.
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<div>Unfortunately, Kira, Yoshimi (mother), and Ron had to move out of the home they worked so hard to build due to financial hardship in 2005. Ron and Yoshimi moved into the grandparent’s home in 2010 and Kira joined after college. In 2021, Kira married Darrell in the backyard of the Radstrom family home. Darrell moved in and the house became a multigenerational home of 5 + their dog, Ulli.
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<div>The house has become the family’s safe haven as life has taken them on all their separate journeys. Kira is a nurse at UCLA working in the oncology unit. When she’s not taking care of patients, she’s home helping take care of her grandfather, Stu, who is now 98 with Alzheimer’s. Yoshimi spends her time looking after Stu and runs her own reworked vintage clothing business from home. Darrell works remotely from home and he and Ron spend their free time maintaining and repairing the property. 
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<div><strong>THEIR CURRENT SITUATION: </strong>The house is still standing. However everything surrounding it is demolished: their trailer, cars, the storage container filled will cherished belongings, Ron’s workshop, their propane and likely the septic system — all the support systems they depend on. The home is saturated with smoke and ash, and the smell of chemicals fills the air. Yoshimi's inventory for her small business is unsellable. The house is unlivable as it is. The family is anticipating very high costs outside of the limited scope of Cal FAIR plan and FEMA to make the property and home safe and livable and to get back on their feet.
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<div><strong>This house is the family’s only asset. </strong>They do not have the finances to recover from this loss on their own. Their wish is to give Stu his familiar home back, as being out of the home has been incredibly disorienting for him.
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<div>As they begin the journey of recovery, I am reaching out to our community for support. Every donation, no matter how small, will go directly to helping the Radstroms with uncovered costs (immediate essentials, safety, remediation, and repairs not covered by insurance or FEMA).
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<div>The Radstroms are one of the most generous and kind families I’ve ever known. They’ve helped so many people in times of need, even when they themselves were struggling. Now it’s time to show them the support and love they’ve so selflessly given.
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<div><em>Kira in front of the family trailer </em>
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<div><em>The Radstroms on Kira &amp; Darrell’s wedding day in the backyard </em>
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