Steve Kerr’s 90-year-old mother is among the many who lost their homes in the LA fires
Steve Kerr’s 90-year-old mother is among thousands who have lost their homes to the fierce forest fires anger in Los Angeles area.
“My mom is in good hands, but her house is gone,” the Golden State coach said Thursday night before the game. Warriors played the Detroit Pistons. “I’ve been on the phone quite a bit with my siblings.”
Kerr said his mother Ann had left her home Pacific Palisades after an evacuation order earlier in the week.
“It’s my hometown,” he said. “All my friends who come from there have almost all lost their homes – their family homes, their childhood homes. Our high school has disappeared. The city looks like it’s just been completely wiped out. It’s surreal and devastating.
“Fortunately, almost everyone escaped.” But it’s hard to even fathom how Pacific Palisades is rebuilding and becoming a thriving community again. It’s just shocking.”
Pacific Palisades borders Malibu about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of downtown Los Angeles. It includes hilltop streets with tightly packed houses along winding roads nestled against the Santa Monica Mountains and extending to beaches along the Pacific Ocean.
The fast-moving flames are tearing through homes and businesses as nearly 180,000 residents flee smoke-filled canyons in picturesque neighborhoods where many celebrities live.
Many of the large fires broke out on Tuesday and burned indefinitely on Thursday, fueled by strong Santa Ana winds.
At least five people were killed, and thousands of buildings were damaged or destroyed.
Associated Press reports.
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2025-01-10 02:52:00
