When the Los Angeles wildfires swept through Southern California in January, Barbara Shay lost much more than the building housing the cafe she owned. Gone were the ingredients for menu items like ...

The reality star and entrepreneur is donating $1 million through her foundation to 50 recipients, including the owners of the Little Red Hen Coffee Shop in Altadena.

Barbara Shay, left, owner of Little Red Hen Coffee Shop, and her daughter, Annisa Faquir, pause for a portrait in front of the ruins of their business after it was destroyed by the Eaton Fire in ...

“You think, ‘I can go grab something — oh wait, it’s in ashes,’” said Faquir, who has worked at the shop since her mother, Barbara Shay, took over the family business seven years ag ...