Thousands of structures have been leveled by the wildfires that continue to burn across Los Angeles County, affecting the homes of several celebrities in the Pacific Palisades -- where the average home lists for more than $3 million -- and damaging prominent local landmarks.
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The Altadena Golf Course, founded in 1910, sustained serious damage and the course's clubhouse "did not survive the fire," course officials said. Reel Inn, a popular seafood restaurant in Malibu, said the building had been destroyed by the Palisades Fire. The Malibu Feed Bin, a pet supplies and gifts shop founded in 1966, told its customers its location was destroyed in the Palisades Fire.
Actor Adam Brody and his wife, actress Leighton Meester, evacuated their home in the Pacific Palisades, reportedly worth about $6.5 million, before it burned down. Paris Hilton said she evacuated her home in Malibu before it was reportedly lost in the Palisades Fire. Jamie Lee Curtis said she likely lost her Pacific Palisades home, appearing on "The Tonight Show" while calling for people to offer assistance to "anyone who lives in Los Angeles." Actor and the Pacific Palisades' honorary mayor Eugene Levy told the Los Angeles Times he fled his home as the "smoke looked pretty black and intense over Temescal Canyon." James Woods shared videos of his neighborhood as it became engulfed in flames and told CNN he evacuated his Pacific Palisades home on Tuesday before saying it likely burned down. Billy Crystal and his wife Janice, who moved to the Pacific Palisades in 1979, reportedly lost their home to the fire. Others who have homes in areas affected by evacuation orders include Mark Hamill, Mandy Moore, Vice President Kamala Harris, Adam Sandler, Ben Affleck, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.
$3.3 million. That's the median home price in the Pacific Palisades, according to Redfin. Prices in the neighborhood exceeded $5 million in 2023 before steadily decreasing into 2024.
A series of wildfires in Los Angeles County began Tuesday and rapidly spread to tens of thousands of surrounding acres. At least five people have died in the wildfires, according to Los Angeles County officials, who warned the blazes have the potential to continue spreading amid strong winds. The National Weather Service said a red flag warning -- indicating fire risk conditions like warm temperatures, low humidity and strong winds -- would likely persist into Friday. More than 130,000 have been forced to evacuate, as at least 2,000 homes, businesses and other buildings have been destroyed by fire so far. FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell said the agency is "closely monitoring" the wildfires, and President Joe Biden has approved federal funding to assist those impacted by the fires.