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This week, we talk to Stephanie Sambeat Odenath, a New Canaan resident who grew up in Pacific Palisades, Calif. This past weekend, she flew back to Los Angeles, where the childhood home where her parents were still living has been destroyed.

Here are some vetted resources for those seeking to help:

• Local LA American Red Cross

• Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation

• Baby2Baby

• World Central Kitchen (if you go to their site you can donate to California directly)

• Pasadena Community Foundation

• 211LA

This week, we talk to Michael Telesco, a New Canaan High School junior (here on Instagram) whose passion for astronomy has led him to help found the school's astronomy/astrophysics club and launch a stargazing outreach program. Designed for students in grades 5 through 9 and their families, "Stargazing for Families" is a free presentation (register here) that Telesco is running from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the library.

This week, we talk to Jeanne Gnuse, a longtime New Canaanite who this year published her memoir, "The Red Mustang."

This week, we talk to Margaret Riley, executive director of the New Canaan YMCA, and Bridget Philipp, the Y's vice president of healthy living and membership, about the organization's chronic disease programs.

This week, we talk to Luke Parker Bowles, co-founder and CEO of CinemaLab, the company that operates The Playhouse movie theater, event space, pub and concession on Elm Street. Note that CinemaLab recently entered into a partnership with London's famed National Theatre and now has the ability to broadcast live select multi-award-winning plays on the big screen at The Playhouse. While "Hamlet" and "Frankenstein" (both starring Benedict Cumberbatch) already have been screened this month, future broadcasts include "Vanya" (Dec. 4), "The Motive and the Cue" (Dec. 11) and "Present Laughter" (Dec. 18).

This week, we talk to Bill Post, president of the GetAbout Board of Directors. Schedule a ride by calling 203-972-7433. Transportation services are available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Here's an FAQ with the organization and here's information on how to support GetAbout.

This week, we talk to Sheri West, founder and CEO of LiveGirl, about her new book "Confidence Unleashed: 10 Kickass Strategies To Grow as a Leader (Without Changing Who You Are)." (Signed copies are available through Elm Street Books.)

This week, we talk to Dr. Andrew Gerber, president and medical director at Silver Hill Hospital, about the New Canaan Behavioral Health Alliance's Community Health & Well-being Survey.

This week, we talk to New Canaan John Walsh. One year after benefitting from life-saving efforts by emergency responders here, Walsh is honoring police, firefighters and EMTs on National First Responders Day (Oct. 28). He also is planning to take the all-volunteer New Canaan Emergency Medical Services training (it's being offered in January, details here) to pay it back.

This week, we talk to George Smart, CEO of US Modernist, an award-winning organization that documents, preserves and promotes Modernist residential architecture, and serves as home to the nation's largest open digital archive of Modernist houses. Smart is giving a talk at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20 at the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society. Register here for "Accidental Archivist: Preserving America's Legacy of Modernist Houses." (Sign up here for US Modernist's weekly newsletter.)