SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- ABC7's Michael Finney and the 7 On Your Side team partnered up with the Golden Gate Better Business Bureau, United Policyholders, State Farm and others, to offer advice and help to evacuees at the Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga. They covered topics ranging from how to avoid fraud, to how to get the help they need from companies.
7 On Your Side helps Valley Fire evacuees in need
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Michael Finney and the 7 On Your Side team provide assistance at a booth at the Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga, Thursday, September 18, 2015. (KGO-TV)
Michael Finney and the 7 On Your Side team provide assistance at a booth at the Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga, Thursday, September 18, 2015. (KGO-TV)
Michael Finney and the 7 On Your Side team provide assistance at a booth at the Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga, Thursday, September 18, 2015. (KGO-TV)
7 On Your Side team provide assistance at booth at Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga, Thursday, September 18, 2015. (KGO-TV)
The 7 On Your Side team provides assistance at a booth at the Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga, Thursday, September 18, 2015. (KGO-TV)
7 On Your Side team provide assistance at booth at Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga, Thursday, September 18, 2015. (KGO-TV)
7 On Your Side team provide assistance at booth at Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga, Thursday, September 18, 2015. (KGO-TV)
Michael Finney and the 7 On Your Side team at the Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga, Thursday, September 17, 2015. (KGO-TV)
7 On Your Side phone charge station at Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga, Thursday, September 18, 2015. (KGO-TV)
7 On Your Side's Michael Finney and ABC7 News staff went to the fire evacuation center in Calistoga, Calif. to help Valley Fire evacuees on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. (KGO-TV)
7 On Your Side team help booth at Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga, Thursday, September 18, 2015. (KGO-TV)
7 On Your Side charging station at Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga, Thursday, September 17, 2015. (KGO-TV)
7 On Your Side's Michael Finney has the top three things Valley Fire victims should do if they have insurance. (KGO-TV)
At the Valley Fire evacuation center in Calistoga people needed 7 On Your Side's Michael Finney's help in different ways, but a group of woman needed something simple. (KGO-TV)
7 On Your Side was able to help a group of women in Calistoga who needed a mattress on top of their cots at the Valley Fire evacuation center, Thursday, September 18, 2015. (KGO-TV)
7 On Your Side was able to help a group of women in Calistoga who needed a mattress on top of their cots at the Valley Fire evacuation center, Thursday, September 18, 2015. (KGO_TV)
State Farm insurance agents are asking Valley Fire victims to contact them so they can help. (KGO)
Some Valley Fire victims are having trouble paying their bills if they're not allowed to return home and receive them. (KGO-TV)
Jarrod Wise from the Better Business Bureau explained to 7 On Your Side what scams homeowners and those who want to donate money should watch out for. (KGO-TV)