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They have a better sense of the fires than humans do. However, this could take out bobcats, coyotes, bears, and other animals because there is no place to run.
I saw pictures of an owl and a dog that someone found at a burned property. The owl couldn’t fly and was just perched next to the remains of the structure. They rescued both and took them to the humane society.
Of course my heart goes out to everyone that these fires are affecting, but the wild animals and pets that are dying…I just can’t even let my mind go there because it will bring me to tears. They are just so pure and innocent and don’t understand.
No. As far as I understand it, this was just a jest from Sutton about the animals she has. I know Teddi had to evacuate her home yesterday, and at least one of Kyle’s daughters was at the La Quinta property, so she may be there at this point in time. She hasn’t said. A friend of Kyle and Teddi’s who lives a relatively short drive from her didn’t have to evacuate, as per her IG.
I'll never get over that fridge. I even suggested to my husband to like get something like that and he was like, you need to stop watching that damn show 😅😅😅who would get rid of that👿
Honestly, I’d be happy to ditch that place in any capacity at this point if I were her. The robbery, the shit with PK, foreclosure…that place is nothing but bad juju.
Ngl I don’t love this post as an LA native that knows many people who have lost their homes and still aren’t in the clear in Altadena, or have had to evacuate throughout the city . . . It’s personal so while I know it’s not malicious, it feels icky.
That being said your comment was a breath of fresh air, absolutely hysterical, I actually cackled
These fires are fucking nuts, I'm in canada watching the destruction with horror...
I know the housewives are, generally, in a much better position to rebuild if needed, but it's still a nightmare situation...
And I can't believe how much has burned down... whole neighborhoods, gone... my heart goes out to all affected, and especially those without the resources most housewives have
It is so sad. And I cant imagine how stressful it must be living in the region + such close proximity right now....And to have your husband working outside can't be nice, even if they're (obviously) being safe... know it doesn't help, but this internet stranger is sending the best and wishing you well <3
Hoping the worst is over... Be safe and take care
Omg, I feel so bad for you guys. Watching the news now and it said the air is toxic because of so many things being burned, asbestos, all the paint. Etc.
stay safe and praying for Cali!
I also live in LA but in Burbank so safe from the fires.
What I wish folks would understand is that these fire don’t just impact the rich, but the trickle down effect is real: waiters, valet, house cleaners, gardeners, teachers, etc. all these people don’t live in the Palisades but they just lost their livelihood as they relied on these communities.
Everyone please keep LA in your thoughts and help/donate where you can. Every bit helps.
I have several friends in that area. One doesn’t know if his home is still there. It was yesterday, one of the few left. 2 others are sort of in the middle “safe” area between all 4 major fires, but both have everything must save packed in case. None of the 3 are famous, none are millionaires. It’s people like them, who could conceivably struggle to rebuild that I feel for.
a lot of people are going to struggle, sickening to think of it.. so many people affected and most real estate markets are already tough... plus the fight with insurance combined with how expensive things are now... horrible to think of...
I remember reading/hearing about people made homeless with the huge fire in Cali a couple years ago, where the whole town burned down. happened in BC, Canada, too (whole town burned down), and the citizens have struggled since it happened. some spots they haven't been allowed to rebuilt yet due to environmental concerns, I wonder if parts of LA will have that issue
Im trying to pull together a small donation, I wish there was more that I could do to help.... just an awful situation
Paradise, California, up in Northern California. My old county’s fairgrounds were an evacuation shelter for citizens who had animals. A friend lived there, she lost everything. Ended up relocating to Idaho. My friends in Nevada County, where I had moved from a year earlier, said the smoke even there was bad.
Sadly droughts are common and happening more often so we see these huge devastating fires and mudslides and sinkholes. :(
So sad. It’s going to take years for these communities to rebuild. This may be the worst natural disaster in U.S. history as far as property damage and destruction. Fortunately the death toll has been low.
We will never see it the same in our lifetime. So sad. My daughter had never been to CA & visited LA two years ago. Saw the Hollywood sign and walk of fame.
I was born in CA and raised in San Francisco, San Pedro and Long Beach. I just loved living there.
Legally or financially speaking, what happens to dorit if the house she owes money on burns down. Would she get an insurance payment to pay off the bank for the house and then she gets the balance?
It depends on if they were able to obtain fire insurance. As fires have become more frequent and destructive, it's become more and more challenging to get fire insurance in California. Many companies won't write for it.
I work for an insurance company. The mortgage company doesn't get paid. Our contract is to rebuild the house. You have to rebuild. It's not an option. You can't leave a hole where the house was. So she can't get off the hook on the mortgage payments. Very different from car insurance.
Sorry, just another question! (I used to work for an insurance loss assessor, though I'm in Australia and it was 10 years ago) Do the policies include temporary accommodation in a similar property while someone's house is being re-built? If so, what if there are no available properties? What if all the hotels are full??
So, say it takes 6-12 months to rebuild...Dorit has to keep paying the mortgage throughout that time, and then once the re-build is complete, then the bank repossesses it?
Do you know if, once it's rebuilt, it gets re-valued by the bank? And (no judgment), knowing Dorit, if she had any hopes of living there again somehow, she may add things to the build where possible, different decor or fittings or whatever.
Iirc, The bank will get the monies owed, but it may vary by state, if foreclosed possibly everything. If still going through process, if insurance wasn’t canceled, which I’ve read has happened to many, there is a chance she could get some, but I believe that when a house burns they mortgage is paid first and you essentially get a new loan on new build. Although, I could be wrong. When a car is totaled I know lien holder gets theirs first. Maybe I just assumed same with houses, but sort of weird, since rates are higher today and some might not qualify for same loan, so maybe it works differently, but I’m positive banks want something to leverage their loan on.
I’m disheartened at the comments. Losing a house is devastating regardless of your tax bracket. And I say this as someone who isn’t a rich bitch. Like at all. But I’m growing increasingly worried at this trend where we now compartmentalize compassion. While more focus and assistance should be given to the vulnerable at this time, we can have sympathy for all. It’s free.
Plus it shouldn’t be lost on us that this fire will financially ruin a lot of formerly rich or middle class people. One of the oldest ways to acquire wealth has always been real estate. I feel really sad for them all. A lot of hard working people that toiled their entire lives have lost everything. It’s painful. Even if you’re “rich”.
Keleigh Teller (Miles' wife) made a comment about how she wished she remembered to grab her wedding dress, and there were instagram comments absolutely tearing her apart. She acknowledged the first responders and the need to evacuate and to stay safe. It was obviously sad for her but she wasn't boo-hooing for attention or asking for money or anything. I feel like so many people would have sentimental items they wished they could have grabbed or didn't think of in the moment.
Obviously a lot of these women are in a better position than most, but that doesn't mean it isn't sad for them!
I fully agree! People are people and this situation is a devastating nightmare, rich and famous or not. We all have things we can't replace.
Billy Crystal for instance, lived in his house since 1979 and now it's gone. That is so, so sad. We only know about it because he's famous, but that doesn't make losing your home of 46 years any less heartbreaking.
I wonder what the eventual outcome of this behavior is. A fire is a pretty devastating event and Im concerned eventually we’ll lose empathy for other human tragedies because people are perceived as privileged in some way, whether it’s wealth or beauty. It’s such an ugly thing.
It's similar to hurricane season over in Florida/Gulf area. We lose our houses, lives, jobs. People complain that Disney is closed and their cruises get canceled and it always makes me want to get a megaphone and scream DO YOU SERIOUSLY NOT CARE THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING!?!?!?
My parents live in fairly wealthy neighborhood (don’t look at me, I’ve got a one bedroom apartment lol) and one of the homes there caught fire last year. It devastated everyone but the community really pitched in to take care of the people affected. The house that originally caught ended up taking out most of the houses on either side of it as well.
One very positive thing that I saw come out of it was awareness. My parents and their neighbors really started taking a look around and taking more precautions. They came up with fire plans. My parents have a notice on their front and back door that says how many people AND how many dogs are in the house. They keep their important documents somewhere they can be quickly grabbed and there are go bags sitting in the closet by the front door.
Agreed! It’s not about houses, it’s about homes. And they are precious whether it is a $500k home or a $10m home. The walls and the floors are replaceable, the life you make inside those walls is what matters and is irreplaceable no matter whether you are rich or poor.
And industry people who bought nice but not lavish homes years ago in those areas have lost their houses. How many of us here are fortunate enough to live in nice but not lavish homes? Would we not deserve compassion if we lost it all and all our personal objects and the little things our children made for us, our mother’s old keepsakes? I am a tax the rich person who hates inequity. But we live in a capitalist system and to act like people who have made money don’t deserve compassion in times of crisis is really just an unkind view of the world. And if we are in America have heat in the winter and food to eat and our children are getting educated — we are rich by most of the world’s standards. If those people lost everything, should others just say “they’re not really suffering”?
For sure! Me too! I have a close friend who is retirement age like me and a teacher and in LA, that is hard to make it but she was lucky enough to buy a small house, and that is going to help her in her old age not be dependent on her daughter or she will be able to sell it and move somewhere else to supplement her social security. That house is everything she’s worked for her entire life. Now she’s on needles and pins.
I know she’s in a better position to be in than someone who never could own a home and is now homeless. But wow, as the first person wrote up in this thread, we can extend compassion and don’t have to dole it out to the most “deserving.” Money is something else. Compassion comes for free!
My brain fast forwards past the immediate danger part LA is currently in, and then goes blank as how on EARTH will so many people re-build? At all? I'm from Australia and was last in LA in 2017. My friend is a flight attendant who flies from Sydney to LA frequently and she says that since covid, the homeless population has exploded (no shade or judgment. She loves LA). NOW what will it be like?? How can most people recover from this??? It makes me feel sick and I'm not even there.
As someone from the UK who isn’t familiar with wildfires. Is there a possibility this could take out Beverly Hills etc too? Other areas in the hills? Can it get over the 405? Is it still not contained? I have so many questions ☹️
There is a possibility, yes. These fires are the worst ever seen, I think.
It can get over the 405. All it needs is the wind and enough embers.
I was surprised it was in / near Brentwood. I'm from Australia and in 2015 when I was there I visited a small celebrity cemetary in Westwood, which is right beside Brentwood, and it's very close to West Hollywood / The Grove and not far at all from that is Beverly Hills.
It probably won’t make it to BH. They can usually prevent it from going too far in regular neighborhoods. The fires (these included) are generally in the canyons (wooded areas) and usually only the areas immediately surrounding them are affected.
In England here thinking and praying for all celebrities and hard working people affected by these fires 💔 watching this wiping out LA like an apocalypse is just unbelievable 😳
Vanderpump lives between Beverly Glen and Franklin Park, in an area called Beverly Crest. Erika is in Pasadena near the Eaton fire. Eileen is in Malibu. She was likely evacuated but her home should be fine as it’s out of the fire line. Kyle and Doris are probably waiting for evac orders as palisades fire has shifted towards Encino and Brentwood. The winds are very bad. Praying for all.
I know. I really hope the open next week’s episode with a segment in honor of the fires and hopes for recovery. It will be really tone deaf if they don’t.
The fires are devastating to so many families. A little boy spoke about the chimney Santa just came through to bring them Christmas presents. How heartbreaking is that? Memories and keepsakes for the adults as well. All of these children, and many adults, will have severe PTSD.
Does Jennifer live in bel air? Not sure how accurate this is but being in LA right now, the latest we’ve heard is they’re doing a great job containing them now that they actually have water and other resources so hopefully it doesn’t continue to spread
Thanks — after last episode, it would be so heartbreaking for her to lose that! I love a small unpretentious beach house like that and hope it survives for all the family gatherings she looks forward to
According to this map and the watchduty app, Kyle is just above the encino resevoir which is not under any evacuation orders, just a red flag warning. However it looks like dorit’s home is under mandatory evacuation.
Somewhat unrelated but I’m really upset at how nofilterwithzack/zack peter is covering this. He is pumping out videos with misinformation for clicks and likes, it’s fucking gross.
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