The California wildfires destroyed these celebrity homes and local landmarks

On January 14, 2025By Littum

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Thousands of structures have been leveled by wildfires that continue to burn across Los Angeles County, affecting the homes of several celebrities in Pacific Palisades — where the average home is worth more than $3 million — and destroying prominent local landmarks .

A view of burned houses and cars in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood during the Palisades wildfire … (+) Los Angeles, California, USA on January 11, 2025.

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Palisades Charter High Schoolfeatured 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 said told New York Times.

More structures on Will Rogers State Historic Parka 300-acre estate once owned by former actor Will Rogers until his death in 1935 was destroyed in the Palisades Fire, including Rogers’ former home, according to to California State Parks.

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

Theater palisadesa community theater founded in 1963, suffered “severe” damage and said in a message it would suspend operations for the time being and say, “We will rise again.”

The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Centerfounded in the early 20th century, told the congregation’s buildings were lost to the fire, although the facility’s Torah scrolls were safe, officials said.

The Getty Center museum — perched atop a hill in the Brentwood neighborhood — was covered in a evacuation order Friday, though museum officials say so remains protected.

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

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What other landmarks were damaged by the Los Angeles Wildfires?

The Altadena Golf Coursefounded in 1910, sustained severe damage and the course’s clubhouse “did not survive the fire,” course officials said. Real Inna popular fish restaurant in Malibu, said the building had been destroyed by the Palisades fire. The Malibu feed containera pet and gift shop founded in 1966, told its customer location was destroyed in the Palisades fire.

Which celebrity homes have been destroyed by bushfires – including Eugene Levy, Adam Brody?

Comedian Pete Lee said he learned that his home had burned down while watching his home burn live on a news broadcast.
Daughter of the late actor Ryan O’NealTatum O’Neal, Sunday said The Malibu home he once shared with the actress Farrah Fawcett burned in the fires.
“Shark Tank” investor Barbara Corcoran said her Malibu home burned and shared a GoFundMe to help her neighbors in the Tahitian Terrace mobile home complex.
Actors Bryan Greenberg and Jamie Chung lost their home in the fire.
Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick lost his home in the fire, ESPN reportedlike the Lakers exposed their home game against the Charlotte Hornets.
Actor Mel Gibson told NewsNation, he returned to his home in Los Angeles from Austin, Texas, to find it “wasn’t there,” saying he had “never seen a place so perfectly burned.”
A Malibu home belonging to the actor Jeff Bridges allegedly burned down near Candy spelling‘s home, which was also destroyed in the Palisades fire, a rep for Bridges told The Hollywood Reporter.
Rosie O’Donnell submitted one video to TikTok showing damaged structures along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu and saying her home was “gone.”
Cookbook author and TV host Sandra Lee said on Instagram she lives in a hotel because her house is “away”.
Actor Adam Brody and his wife, an actress Leighton Meesterevacuated their home in Pacific Palisades, reportedly worth about $6.5 million before it burned down.
Paris Hilton said she evacuated her home in Malibu before it was lost in the Palisades fire.
Actor and honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades Eugene Levy told Los Angeles Times he fled his home when “the smoke looked pretty black and intense over Temescal Canyon” before the house was confirmed destroyed.
Billy Crystal and his wife Janice, who moved to Pacific Palisades in 1979, allegedly lost their home to the fire.
Grammy Award Winner Diane Warren said the beach home she has owned for nearly 30 years was lost in the fires.
Reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt announced their home – valued at approx 3.8 million dollars– had been destroyed.
Actor Cary Elwes wrote on Instagram, he evacuated his Malibu home on Tuesday, even though it was later destroyed.
Melissa Riversactress and comedian Joan Rivers’ daughter said CNN the Rivers’ 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’ve got this hoodie and a pair of pants and two pairs of sneakers left. That’s it.”
Actress Ricky Lake signed on Instagram said her “dream home” in Malibu was “gone” in the fire.
Bozoma Saint JohnNetflix’s former head of marketing and a “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star, said on Instagram, her Malibu home burned in the Palisades fire.
Singer Jane Aiko said her home “burned to the ground with all our stuff” and will “start from scratch.”
Tina Knowlesbusinesswoman and mother of Beyonce and Solangesaid her “sanctuary” in Malibu burned down.
Actor Milo Ventimiglia told CBS, he watched his home burn through security cameras and said his family will “make do.”
Actor Harvey Guillen shared one video of his destroyed home and said, “We will rebuild.”
Actress Melissa Claire Egan said she bought a Malibu home just two weeks earlier and “hadn’t moved in yet” before it was destroyed by the fires.
Actress Denise Crosby submitted a social media photo saying her home had been reduced to “ashes” in the Palisades fire.
Jen Atkinfounder of hair care brand OUAI, said on Instagram her “house is gone.”
Two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins had two home destroyed of the fires (he also had a house destroyed by fire in London in 2000, and his Pacific Palisades home was threatened by the Woolsey fire in 2018).
John Goodman‘s Pacific Palisades neighborhood was reduced to a pile of rubble.
Actor Miles Teller and his wife Keleigh Sperry lost their home to the fires, and Sperry shared what sentimental item she wishes she had saved before evacuating: her wedding dress.
The models’ childhood home Bella and Gigi Hadidwhich the family sold in 2015, burned in MalibuBella Hadid shared along with an aerial photo of the house that showed the walls and ceilings completely burnt.

What other homes are near fires — including Kahwi Leonard, Tom Hanks’ and Kamala Harris’s?

Actor James Woods77, shared videos of his neighborhood as it was engulfed in flames, and told CNN in a tearful interview, he evacuated his Pacific Palisades home Tuesday before saying it likely burned down. On Friday, he shared a video of his property looking relatively untouched, calling it “a miracle.” Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard left the team Wednesday to help his family evacuate their Pacific Palisades home, appreciated to $17 million, head coach Tyronn Lue said journalists. His house reportedly survived the fire. Jamie Lee Curtis said she likely lost her Pacific Palisades home and appeared on “The Tonight Show” while urging people to offer help to “anyone who lives in Los Angeles.” Curtis later said her home survived. Chet Hanks, son of actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilsonposted on social media that the neighborhood he grew up in “burned to the ground,” though it appears the $26 million Hanks home was unaffected by the fires. Actor John Guttenberg said he helped his neighbors in Pacific Palisades, including working to clear abandoned cars on Sunset Boulevard. His home survived the fire. Model and actress Molly Sims wrote on Instagram that her community in Pacific Palisades is “just gone,” even though her home was still standing. John Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigenevacuated their home 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 urged others who have not yet done so to “get out immediately.” Others who have homes in areas affected by evacuation orders include Mark Hamill, Mandy Mooredeputy chairman Kamala Harris, Adam Sandler, Ben Affleck and Steven Spielberg. At home Hamill, Affleck and Spielberg seems to have survived, and Moore said her house was “not livable, but mostly intact.” It was unclear if Harris’ home, which is in the evacuation zone, had survived the fire, but two people were detained at the property Sunday after police responded to a call about a potential burglary.

Crucial quote

“Does anyone else find it appalling that insurance companies can take billions of dollars out of communities for years and then suddenly be allowed to cancel millions of policies for the very people they got rich off of?” actor Tyler Perry Posted Sunday. “People who have paid premiums their whole lives are left with nothing due to sheer greed. As I’m in the process of trying to figure out what steps I need to take to do everything I can to help then many as I can, I keep all in my prayers.”

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3.3 million dollars. That’s the average home price in Pacific Palisades, according to to Redfin. Prices in the neighborhood topped $5 million in 2023 before falling steadily into 2024.

Key background

A series of wildfires in Los Angeles County began Tuesday and quickly spread to tens of thousands of surrounding acres. In any case 24 people have died in the wildfires, according to Los Angeles County officials, who warned that the flames have the potential to continue spreading under high winds. More than 150,000 have been forced to evacuate as at least 12,000 homes, businesses and other structures have been destroyed by fire so far. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said the agency is “closely monitoring” the wildfires, and President Joe Biden has authorized federal funding to help those affected.