Steve Guttenberg continues to help his neighbors in the Pacific Palisades after evacuating last week amid the Los Angeles fires.
The Police Academy star has been actively trying to lend a helping hand wherever he can since the devastating Palisades Fire engulfed his city, which is largely in ruins.
‘Right now I have a choice to sit down and walk, or to get up and do what I can. I choose to stand up and fight. And help,” the actor said People.
A source also told the outlet that Guttenberg, whose home barely survived the initial fires that destroyed thousands of other buildings, has “worked with several neighbors whose homes also made it” to do good.
“They’re eating together, trying to clear brush, put out smoldering fires and battle embers in the air,” the insider revealed. “They get food and supplies, portable heaters and water, through rapid response groups and share everything, and basically take care of each other.”
In addition, the source stated that he and his neighbors are concerned about the rising winds that would rise.”
Steve Guttenberg continues to help his neighbors in the Pacific Palisades after evacuating last week amid the Los Angeles fires; seen earlier this month during the Golden Globes
This is a reason for Guttenberg to ‘clean up and tidy up as much as possible in the neighborhood’.
The star’s $5 million home in the Pacific Palisades narrowly avoided catching fire this week as Los Angeles’ first wildfire tore through his neighborhood.
The still-burning inferno leveled many famous mansions in the area, including properties owned by Anna Faris, Heidi Montag, Paris Hilton and Ricki Lake.
Guttenberg’s house still stands, despite the scorched wreckage surrounding it.
“This morning I woke up and I was really aware of my mental state and my mental health because I’ve seen so many tragedies in the last three days,” the 66-year-old actor told the newspaper. Associated press on Friday.
“It’s like someone dying suddenly,” he said, describing the shock. ‘It’s like when someone gets hit by a car. You never expect that to happen. It was that shocking.”
‘There is really a lot of pain at the moment. I’m doing what I can to help alleviate it,” the star said of how he stands up for his community.
Steve was one of the first to provide assistance last week when he helped move abandoned cars out of the path of fire trucks.
The Police Academy star has been actively trying to lend a helping hand wherever he can since the devastating Palisades Fire engulfed his city, which is largely in ruins.
‘Right now I have a choice to sit down and walk, or to get up and do what I can. I choose to stand up and fight. And help,” the actor told People (Palisades Fire pictured earlier this week)
A source revealed that Guttenberg, whose home survived the initial fires that destroyed thousands of other structures, has “joined with several neighbors whose homes also made it” to do good; a California Conservation Corps fire crew was seen clearing brush in Santa Monica
He told KTLA 5’s Gene Kang, “What happens is people take their keys like they’re in a parking lot. This is not a parking lot. We really need people moving their cars.
“If you leave your car, leave the key in there so someone like me can move your car so the fire trucks can get there.”
Guttenberg explained that he had friends who had difficulty evacuating due to the traffic jam on Palisades Drive, emphasizing, “It’s really, really important.
‘There are people stuck there. So we try Palisades Dr. to clear it and I walk there as far as I can to move cars.’
Tom Hanks’ multimillion-dollar clifftop home also dodged flames caused by high winds.
Bill Hader’s home also remarkably survived the devastating fires in Los Angeles, while his neighbors were not so lucky.
Steve was among the first to provide assistance last week when he helped move abandoned cars out of the path of fire trucks
He told KTLA 5’s Gene Kang, “What happens is people take their keys like they’re in a parking lot. This is not a parking lot. We really need people to move their cars.”
The devastation in Southern California began to unfold last Tuesday when a combination of heavy winds and lack of rain created the perfect conditions for a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades.
It is the largest of at least six fires that have devastated the Los Angeles area and become the most destructive in California’s modern history.
At least 24 people lose their lives and more than 12,000 buildings burn to the ground.
At least eight of the 24 people killed in the wildfires died in the Palisades fire.
The devastation in Southern California began to unfold last Tuesday when a combination of heavy winds and lack of rain created the perfect conditions for a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades; the damage from the Palisades Fire above
It comes as Los Angeles was placed under an unprecedented wind warning amid fears that gusts of 70mph could spark another inferno.
The National Weather Service has issued a fourth “extremely hazardous situation” warning that will go into effect at 4 a.m. Tuesday, warning that winds of up to 75 mph will continue through Wednesday afternoon.
Much of the bone-dry city is under Ventura’s new warning in much of the San Fernando Valley, while areas from San Diego to San Bernardino remain under conventional red flag warnings.
The fourth warning comes after the previous three wreaked havoc in the densely populated area this fire season, including the ongoing Palisades and Eaton fires that have become some of the deadliest in California history.
The last significant rainfall in downtown Los Angeles occurred in May 2024, and only 0.16 inches of rain has fallen since Oct. 1 — compared to a historical average of 5.34 inches by then, the LA Times reports.
Climatologist Bill Patzert told the newspaper that “the past nine months have been among the driest in recorded history dating back to 1900. In my career, I have never seen the severe events in Santa Ana so overwhelming the normal winter rainy season.”