Mandy Moore, Paris Hilton, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and more celebs remember the LA wildfires one year after their homes burned down

One year after Mandy Moore and her second husband Taylor Goldsmith lost the back of their $2.56 million home and garage to the Eaton Fire, the couple performed her 1999 breakout hit Candy at the sold-out A Concert for Altadena on Wednesday.

There were 14 total wildfires blazing between January 7-31, 2025 in Southern California – which claimed the lives of 31 people, forced over 200,000 people to evacuate and destroyed over 18,000 structures.

The 40-year-old Dawes frontman helped organize the fundraising livestream benefitting the Altadena Builds Back Foundation, which was hosted by John C. Reilly and featured Brad Paisley (both of whom lost their homes too).

‘I can’t believe it’s been a year,’ the 41-year-old Emmy nominee marveled on Instagram.

‘The trauma and grief is still so palpable. Our neighborhood. Our town. Our friends. Our sense of safety was compromised and it takes time to earn that back. My heart is with everyone affected – the lives that were lost and the lives that were forever changed on both sides of our beautiful city.’

Moore concluded: ‘The work has only just begun but we’re in it together. Altadena forever.’

Paris Hilton Instastoried several posts commemorating the anniversary of the wildfires and highlighted her contributions like fostering a cute dog called Zuzu, for a family who lost their home, through Pasadena Humane.

The 44-year-old reality star-turned-singer, whose $8.4 million Malibu home burned down, never brought up her own loss but wrote that the ‘silver lining has been meeting and working with so many incredible people across LA on our shared mission to rebuild.’

Hilton recalled how she built the first-ever Sliving Lounge at Altadena Girls and surprised 50 female entrepreneurs with support from her $1 million grant program with the Pasadena women’s Business Center.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who celebrated Christmas Eve with Seinfeld co-creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, is still mourning the loss of her $15 million Pacific Palisades home a year later.

The 64-year-old Veep alum quoted the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s 1970 song Our House in her Instagram post: ‘Oh, it was such a very, very, very fine house. Thank you, 535. We miss you and love you.’

Jennifer Love Hewitt shared a harrowing snap of herself and husband Brian Hallisay wearing face masks while visiting their destroyed $6 million six-bedroom Pacific Palisades home.

‘I learned what I was really made of. How brave and incredible our kids are. What a true team my husband and I have become in these 13 years,’ the 46-year-old Party of Five alum wrote on Wednesday.

‘Everyday the things we lost and were taken from us got replaced. With friendships, kind strangers, learning to laugh again, snuggles, allowing ourselves to cry, and embracing all the change. We had no choice. We watched innocence in our children be taken too early. Honestly we all lost a part of us that day. But here we are. A year later.’

Hewitt also gave a shout out to her former Client List castmate Greg Grunberg for housing her family and animals in ‘those early fire days’ writing: ‘You are family and we are so grateful. I love you.’

Ricki Lake shared a ‘love letter’ video montage of her $5 million dream home in Malibu before and after the devastation.

‘Ross [Burningham] and I have chosen to live in New York City for right now, but my heart is and always will be with Malibu,’ the 57-year-old former talk show host wrote Wednesday.

‘It is the most beautiful place I’ve ever lived in my entire life, and Ross and I can’t wait to be back living on our bluff appreciating each and every sunset, those early morning hikes and beach walks with our beloved rescue dog Dolly.’

Lake concluded: ‘Holding all who have been affected by this tragedy close in my heart today and each and every day forward. #lastrong.’

Diane Warren shared never-before-seen footage of her first visit to ‘what used to be’ her $5.2 million Malibu home where she admitted: ‘It’s sad.’

‘One year ago today,’ the 69-year-old legendary songwriter captioned her Instagram. ‘Sending love to everyone who lost so much that day.’

Rather than focus on the destruction, Miles Teller’s wife of six years, Keleigh, decided to remember what they lost when their home burned down.

The 33-year-old pajama designer gave her fans a heartbreaking, virtual tour of their former $7.5 million five-bedroom house in the Pacific Palisades where the 38-year-old Eternity actor could be seen in their bedroom.

‘Never did get to share the work we did with @pierceandward to build our cozy little dream,’ Teller wrote Wednesday.

‘We had so much fun designing this. Today feels fitting as it’s been a year since the LA fires. My heart is with everyone also dealing with grief.’

Chris Pratt and his second wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, were forced to evacuate their $19.99 million Pacific Palisades abode, which survived the fires but she reflected on her hometown in a new post.

‘I drove through the Palisades [over] the holidays and was brought to tears thinking of how much life and spirit there was just last year. So much was lost, and the weight of it doesn’t disappear with time,’ the 36-year-old nepo baby of Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote.

‘The devastation was immense, but so was the strength of this community. The spirit of the Palisades is still here… steady, resilient, and connected. The Palisades will return and it will be even stronger than before. If you were touched by this tragedy, and the devastation of Alta Dena, and today feels a little harder, I send you my love and know I am thinking of you and praying for you.’

Spencer Pratt and wife Heidi Montag were so outraged over losing their $3.8 million Malibu home and how the fires were mismanaged, that he announced Wednesday that he’s running for LA major to replace Karen Bass.

‘Business as usual is a death sentence for Los Angeles, and I’m done waiting for someone to take real action. That’s why I am running for mayor,’ the 42-year-old Hills alum said at his They Let Us Burn rally.

‘But let me be clear, this just isn’t a campaign – this is a mission, and we are going to expose the system. We are going into every dark corner of LA politics and disinfecting the city with our light. LA is going to be camera-ready again.’

Other celebrities who lost their homes in last year’s wildfires include Mel Gibson, Jeff Bridges, Anna Faris, Cary Elwes, Anthony Hopkins, John Goodman, Eugene Levy, Steve Guttenberg, Matt Damon, Billy Crystal, Jhené Aiko, Tyra Banks, Harvey Guillén, Candy Spelling, Milo Ventimiglia, as well as celeb couples Adam Brody & Leighton Meester and Ed Harris & Amy Madigan.

The only one arrested for arson – former Uber driver Jonathan Rinderknecht – faces a federal trial April 21 on three charges for his alleged role in the Lachman Fire, which eventually became the Palisades Fire.