Warriors coach Steve Kerr’s childhood home burns in LA fires; Draymond Green’s house under threat
Steve Kerr’s childhood home in the Pacific Palisades has burned in the devastating fires engulfing Los Angeles County, this news organization confirmed Wednesday.
The Warriors head coach spent much of his childhood in the home, as well as overseas with his parents in the Middle East.
Kerr’s mother, Ann, still lives at the home. She turned 90 years old in August.
The San Francisco Chronicle was the first to report the news.
More than 1,000 structures were destroyed in the Palisades fire, the most destructive in the modern history of LA. Five people have died and as many as 1,500 structures in total have burned in the three fires as of Wednesday afternoon, with more than 100,000 people under mandatory evacuations. In Palisades Village, the public library, two major grocery stores, a pair of banks and several boutiques were destroyed.
The wildfires began Tuesday morning. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency.
“I want to send my thoughts and condolences to everybody in Los Angeles dealing with the fires,” Kerr said on Tuesday after the Warriors’ loss to the Heat. “My mom had to evacuate. Everett Dayton on our staff (in player development), he grew up in Pacific Palisades, and from what I gather his family home is lost.”
According to CNN, the fires could be the costliest in US history.
The Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Altadena and parts of Brentwood are among the areas either under evacuation order or warning.
Draymond Green has a home in Brentwood, much of which is under evacuation. Green’s family is safe, his mother Mary Babers told this news organization. Green reportedly bought the property for $9.6 million in 2020.
Kerr and Green are just two of dozens of public figures whose homes have been evacuated due to the trio of fires in the Los Angeles area.
The fires have consumed a total of about 42 square miles (108 square kilometers) — nearly the size of the entire city of San Francisco.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.