Bruno Mars donating $1M to Flint water crisis efforts

Pop star Bruno Mars is donating $1 million to aid victims of Flint's water crisis, he announced to a roaring crowd Saturday night at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

His surprise announcement came toward the end of the sold-out show, during a pause in the song "Just the Way You Are."

The donation — dedicated to "our brothers and sisters in Flint," as Mars told the Palace crowd — will go to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.

The Flint crisis, which has prompted a host of criminal charges against state health officials, began in 2014 when the city's water supply was switched, leading to high lead levels.