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☆ NBA coaches Steve Kerr and JJ Redick say family members evacuated their homes amid Pacific Palisades wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( George Ramsay | Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

It has destroyed at least 1,000 structures, making it the most destructive ever in Los Angeles County, according to Cal Fire. Our hearts are with those affected by the Palisades wildfires and the first responders protecting our community. “I just want to acknowledge and send thoughts and prayers to everyone in the Palisades right now,” Redick said. “It’s where I live, my family and my wife’s family, my wife’s twin sister, they’ve evacuated. A state of emergency has been declared in Los Angeles with more than 1,400 firefighters deployed to fight the multiple fires happening across the county, according to Gov.

Persons: Steve Kerr Organizations: CNN, Golden State Warriors, Cal Fire Locations: California, Pacific Palisades, Palisades, Los Angeles County

When the Los Angeles riots erupted in 1992, Americans recoiled at the fires silhouetting the downtown skyline. Mansions were reduced to ash in Pacific Palisades, a West Los Angeles celebrity enclave. Credit... Philip Cheung for The New York TimesImage The toll of the fires was only beginning to take shape on Wednesday. Credit... Isadora Kosofsky for The New York TimesImage Southern California is critically dry, and its landscape is parched. “There’s a kind of mantra that when the wind blows, Los Angeles burns,” said D.J.

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☆ Billy Crystal, Ricki Lake and more celebrities impacted by ongoing Los Angeles wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —As at least four wildfires rage around Los Angeles, numerous members of the Hollywood community have been impacted, including Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore, Anna Faris and Ricki Lake. In statement to CNN on Wednesday, Crystal said, “Words cannot describe the enormity of the devastation we are witnessing and experiencing. Lake added that she is grieving the “immeasurable” loss of her home, where she and her husband wed three years ago. Our favorite restaurants, leveled,” Moore wrote on her Instagram page Wednesday. It is the most destructive to ever occur in Los Angeles County, according to CalFire data.

Persons: Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore, Anna Faris, Ricki, Crystal, ” “ Janice, ”, “, James Woods, CNN Paris Hilton, Malibu, Sandra Lee, ” Lee, Steve Guttenberg, CNN Mandy Moore, Moore, ” Moore, Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag’s, Pratt, Faris, Anna, Anthony C, Marrone, Joey Berlin Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, malibu, Phoenix, Fire Locations: Los Angeles, London, Palisades, Eaton, Los Angeles County, East Los Angeles, Altadena, Pasadena, LA’s westside, Malibu, Santa Monica, LA County

People drive out of harm’s way as the Palisades Fire burns on January 7 in Pacific Palisades, California. The Palisades Fire was first spotted just after 10 a.m. local time in the mountains north of Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood on the west side of the city and has since spread to 200 acres, according to CalFire. Stronger wind gusts are likely occurring in the higher elevations where the fire is burning. Winds will continue to increase Tuesday into Wednesday across Southern California, including where the Palisades Fire is burning. Wind gusts near the fire could reach 45 mph during the day Tuesday and hit 70 mph at times overnight.

Persons: Mario Tama, “, Erik Scott Organizations: Los Angeles Fire Department, CNN, KABC, Hollywood Hills, Pacific Locations: Pacific Palisades , California, Southern California, Los Angeles, Palisades, Sunset, Hollywood, Pacific Palisades

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