Jayden Daniels may be focusing on Sunday’s NFC Championship matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, but he doesn’t forget about where he came from. 

In the wake of the devastating Los Angeles area wildfires, Daniels, a San Bernardino native, is auctioning off a personalized jacket. 

The front of the jacket is emblazoned with the No. 5 (Daniels’ jersey number) and the Washington Commanders wordmark. The back of the coat is a replication of a real football jersey with his name and number on the back; on the bottom reads the phrase “Welcome to the team.” 

Additionally, the inside of the coat features the phrase “L.A. Strong.”

The proceeds of the auction will benefit the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Daniels, 24, was nominated to this year’s Pro Bowl after a phenomenal rookie season, throwing for 3,568 yards and 25 touchdowns with just 9 interceptions. He led the Commanders to their first playoff win since 2005 and their first conference championship game since 1991. 

Their NFC Championship matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles kicks off at noon Sunday.  

After spending weeks battling the devastating wildfires across Southern California, support programs are working to address the fatigue and mental health issues that many firefighters and first responders are facing.

In addition to traditional talk therapy, local fire and police departments are working to reduce the stigma around mental healthcare for first responders through alternative methods with positive results.

“These firefighters were in a firefight nonstop, going from house to house without a break at all for 48 hours,” said Santa Monica Fire Department Chief Matthew Hallock. “The magnitude of this incident — it was a career’s worth of fires in 48-72 hours.”

Hallock was one of the thousands of firefighters who battled the Palisades Fire. As many return home from deployment, they may be dealing with feelings of helplessness, exhaustion and mental health struggles.

“First responders face unique mental health challenges,” explained Dr. Gina Gallivan, a police and public safety psychologist. “They have exposure to trauma, threats to their life and long shifts without much physical recovery.”

Over the last 20 years, Gallivan and her team have serviced over 100 police and public service agencies across Southern California, offering peer support programs and counseling tailored to first responders.

Gallivan said a major goal is to ensure these local heroes know that seeking help is not a sign of weakness.

“There’s a stigma associated with seeking help,” Hallock said. ‘We feel like this profession gives us a sort of invulnerability, that nothing can hurt us, nothing can impact us. But in reality, we’ve seen instances where firefighters are taking their own lives.”

Gallivan has been incorporating counseling with evidence-based wellness components such as bio-feedback, contrast therapy, multi-sensory feedback and more at the Reality Center in Santa Monica.

“I have found that when we provide both of those things together, their symptoms resolve faster,” Gallivan explained.

By combining lights, sound and vibration into a one-of-a-kind experience, the Reality Center provides healing in a safe, effective way without pharmaceuticals.

Around 75% of people treated at The Reality Center are veterans and first responders. The center is offering free treatment to all firefighters, police and emergency personnel impacted by the Southern California wildfires.

“When you come off the line, they’ll be experiencing a lot of the same things that we experience when we got back from war,” said Jonathan Chia, co-founder of the Reality Center. “So balancing the nervous system and allowing people to relax, calm their bodies, allow them to sleep a little bit better which allows them to feel reset the next morning, is paramount to us.”

“To get them in here, get them reset and feeling balanced their nervous system before they go back out or before it starts to escalate into something that becomes much more problematic,” explained Tarun Raj, co-founder of the Reality Center.

Gallivan said first responders should know that they don’t have to carry the burden alone.

Hallock said he’s looking into providing a comfort dog for the Santa Monica Fire Department and notes that public support for first responders is a vital part of their healing.

“It doesn’t have to be money or an item, it’s stopping by and just saying, ‘Hi,’ or ‘Thank you,’ or just acknowledging what the firefighters have done and are continuing to do,” Hallock said.

More information on mental health services can be found at helpforfire.com. Information on the Reality Center in Santa Monica can be found here.

Free IV therapy for first responders is being offered at the Hydration Room and Restore Hyper Wellness.

A DUI suspect was arrested after a man was killed in a head-on crash in Riverside County.

The suspect was identified as Darell Davis, 34, from Moreno Valley, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.

On Jan. 20, deputies responded to a crash near State Street and Quandt Ranch Road in San Jacinto at around 4:24 p.m.

As Davis was driving, he allegedly veered into oncoming traffic and struck the victim’s car head-on, authorities said. The victim, Javier Lopez Montes, 48, from Hemet, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

Authorities determined drug impairment was a factor in the crash. Davis was arrested at the scene and later charged with Montes’ murder.

Deputies also confirmed that Davis had previous arrests for driving under the influence.

No further details were released as the crash remains under investigation.

Anyone with information on the incident can call Deputy Post at the San Jacinto Sheriff’s Station at 951-654-2702 or Riverside Sheriff’s Dispatch at 951-776-1099.