{"id":11758,"date":"2018-11-15T19:42:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T00:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/?p=11758"},"modified":"2018-11-15T19:44:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T00:44:45","slug":"celebrities-homes-in-ruins-after-california-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/celebrities-homes-in-ruins-after-california-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrities homes in ruins after fires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By NICOLE LEMBO<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like many others, celebrities have returned to their California homes to find nothing left after devastating wildfires swept through the state. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Woolsey Fire is one of three major wildfires that has caused severe damage in Southern California. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, it has destroyed approximately 92,000 acres of land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big-name celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Miley Cyrus and Gerard Butler were among the thousands of people in Southern California who were forced to evacuate their homes last week as the Woolsey Fire spread throughout Los Angeles County. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mandatory evacuations are still in effect in several cities in the area, including Malibu, but some celebrities have already visited their properties to survey and document the damage, sharing pictures to their social media of what remains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although they completely lost their home, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth already have plans to rebuild it, as well as their community. CNN reported that they have donated $500,000 to The Malibu Foundation. The funds will be used for &#8220;those in financial need, emergency relief assistance, community rebuilding, wildfire prevention and climate change resilience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to FOX News, President Trump took to Twitter to blame the wildfires on California\u2019s \u201cgross mismanagement of the forests.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response, musician Neil Young called Trump out for his refusal to believe in climate change, saying, \u201cCalifornia is vulnerable \u2013 not because of poor forest management as DT (our so-called president) would have us think. We are vulnerable because of climate change; the extreme weather events and our extended drought is part of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, celebrities such as Axl Rose and Tommy Lee also took the opportunity to slam President Trump via Twitter, calling him pathetic and insensitive. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even firefighters are blaming the wildfires on climate change. In a press conference, Los Angeles Fire Chief, Daryl Osby, said, &#8220;The fact of the matter is if you look at the state of California, climate challenge is happening statewide.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NICOLE LEMBO Like many others, celebrities have returned to their California homes to find nothing left after devastating wildfires swept through the state. 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