Some of Dine LA Restaurant Week’s proceeds will benefit city’s wildfire relief efforts

Weeks after entire neighborhoods were destroyed, a portion of the earnings from Dine LA Restaurant Week will go toward the city’s wildfire recovery efforts.

Helping those impacted by the recent wildfires is the goal of the winter Dine LA event, which begins Friday and runs through February 7.

Through the Dine LA experience, guests can eat well, help restore communities, and support a local company.

The American Red Cross will receive $5 from each reservation made through LA Tourism and Banc of California. They want to raise the $100,000 they have set for themselves.

Two times a year, LA’s top restaurants participate in the Dine LA Restaurant Week.Special lunch and supper menus are available at a few eateries taking part in the week-long event.

Chelsea Hylton works at CBS Los Angeles as a web producer. She reports on local breaking news in Southern California. Hylton has held positions at KOMO 4 News in Seattle, Telemundo 52, The Los Angeles Times, and NBC LA.