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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.

A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire while it burns homes on the Pacific Coast Highway.

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Key Facts

Palisades Charter High School, featured in movies like “Teen Wolf,” “Carrie” and “Freaky Friday,” was damaged by the Palisades Fire, including classrooms, bungalows, tennis courts and the school’s baseball field, a Los Angeles Unified School District official told the New York Times.

Several structures at the Will Rogers State Historic Park, a 300-acre property once owned by former actor Will Rogers until he died in 1935, were destroyed in the Palisades Fire, including Rogers’ former home, according to California State Parks.

The Getty Villa, a museum near the Pacific Coast Highway featuring Greek and Roman art and antiquities, said it would remain closed through at least Monday and is still “safe and intact,” though trees and vegetation at the museum had reportedly burned.

The Topanga Ranch Motel, a bungalow home built by news publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1929 located in Topanga State Park, was destroyed by the Palisades Fires, according to state park officials, who previously signaled plans to restore the home for public use.

Theatre Palisades, a community theater founded in 1963, sustained “serious” damage and said in a notice it would suspend operations until further notice, saying, “We will rise again.”

The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, founded in the early 20th century, told congregants its buildings were lost to the fire, though the facility’s Torah scrolls were safe, officials said.

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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.

What Celebrity Homes Have Been Destroyed By Wildfires—including Eugene Levy, Adam Brody?

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick lost his home in the fire, ESPN reported, as the Lakers postponed their home game against the Charlotte Hornets.
Rosie O’Donnell posted a video to TikTok showing damaged structures along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, saying her home was “gone.”
Cookbook author and TV host Sandra Lee said on Instagram she is staying in a hotel because her house is “gone.”
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.
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 in a tearful interview 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.
Grammy Award winner Dianne Warren said the beach home she’s owned for nearly 30 years was lost in the fires.
Reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt announced their home—valued at about $3.8 million—had been destroyed.
Actor Cary Elwes wrote on Instagram he evacuated his Malibu home on Tuesday, though it was later destroyed.
Melissa Rivers, the daughter of actress and comedian Joan Rivers, told CNN the Rivers family home was destroyed by the fires.
Actor Cameron Mathison told ABC News he lost “my home and everything I own” in the fire, saying, “I have this hoodie and a pair of pants and two pairs of sneakers left. That’s it.”
Actress Ricki Lake wrote on Instagram saying her “dream home” in Malibu was “gone” in the fire.
Bozoma Saint John, Netflix’s former chief marketing officer and a “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star, said on Instagram her home in Malibu was burned in the Palisades Fire.
Singer JhenĂ© Aiko said her home “burned to the ground with all of our things” and will be “starting from scratch.”
Tina Knowles, businesswoman and the mother of BeyoncĂ© and Solange, said her “sanctuary” in Malibu burned down.
Images appearing to show the burning homes of Anthony Hopkins, John Goodman and Miles Teller have appeared online, though none of the actors have commented publicly, Reuters reported.

What Other Homes Are Near Fires—including Kahwi Leonard, Tom Hanks’ And Kamala Harris’ Houses?

Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard left the team on Wednesday to help his family evacuate their Pacific Palisades home, valued at $17 million, head coach Tyronn Lue told reporters, though it’s not clear whether Leonard’s home was damaged by the 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.” Curtis later said her home survived. Chet Hanks, the son of actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, wrote on social media the neighborhood he grew up in was “burning to the ground,” though it’s not immediately clear whether the Hanks home was affected by the fires. Actor John Guttenberg said he was assisting his neighbors in the Pacific Palisades, including working to clear abandoned cars on Sunset Boulevard, though he told the Los Angeles Times he had yet to return home to survey the damage. Model and actress Molly Sims wrote on Instagram that her community in the Pacific Palisades is “just gone,” noting she was waiting to see if her home survived the fires: “It’s just a waiting game.” John Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigen, evacuated their home on Wednesday as the Sunset Fire began in the Hollywood Hills, Teigen said on social media. Rapper and actor Kid Cudi said he evacuated his home and called for others who have yet to do so to “get out immediately.” Others who have homes in areas affected by evacuation orders include Mark Hamill, Mandy Moore, Vice President Kamala Harris, Adam Sandler, Ben Affleck and Steven Spielberg.

Big Number

$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.

Key Background

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.

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