Steve Gutenberg continues to help his Pacific Palisades neighbors following their evacuation last week amid the Los Angeles fires.
The Police Academy star has been actively trying to lend a hand whenever he can since the devastating Palisades Fire engulfed his city, which has been largely reduced to rubble.
‘Right now I have the choice to sit down and walk or get up and do what I can. I choose to stand and fight. And it helps,’ said the actor. People.
A source also told the outlet that Gutenberg, whose home narrowly survived the initial fires that destroyed thousands of other structures, has “teamed up with several neighbors whose homes also survived” to do good.
“They’re eating together, working to clear brush out of the way, trying to put out smoldering fires and fighting embers in the air,” the source revealed. “They’ve been getting food and necessities, space heaters, water, through rapid aid groups and sharing everything, and they’re basically taking care of each other.”
Additionally, the source stated that he and his neighbors are concerned about the increasing winds, which are said to be increasing.
Steve Gutenberg continues to help his Pacific Palisades neighbors following their evacuation last week amid the Los Angeles fires; seen earlier this month at the Golden Globes
This has led Gutenberg to “clean up and clean up everything possible in the neighborhood.”
The star’s $5 million Pacific Palisades home narrowly avoided burning down this week when the initial Los Angeles wildfire swept through his neighborhood.
The still-burning inferno leveled many celebrity mansions in the area, including properties belonging to Anna Faris, Heidi Montag, Paris Hilton and Ricki Lake.
Gutenberg’s house still stands despite the charred remains that surround it.
“This morning I woke up and I was very aware of my mental state and my mental health, because in the last three days I have seen a lot of tragedy,” the 66-year-old actor said. Associated Press on Friday.
“It’s like when someone dies suddenly,” he described the shock. “It’s like when someone gets hit by a car. You never expect that to happen. That’s how shocking it was.”
“There really is a lot of pain right now. “I’m doing everything I can to help alleviate it,” the star said of how she’s showing up for her community.
Steve was among the first to provide assistance last week when he helped move abandoned cars out of the way of fire trucks.

The Police Academy star has been actively trying to lend a hand whenever he can since the devastating Palisades Fire engulfed his city, which has been largely reduced to rubble.

‘Right now I have the choice to sit down and walk or get up and do what I can. I choose to stand and fight. And it helps,” the actor told People (Palisades Fire photographed earlier this week).

A source revealed that Gutenberg, whose home survived the initial fires that destroyed thousands of other structures, has “teamed up with several neighbors whose homes also survived” to do good; A crew of California Conservation Corps firefighters seen clearing brush in Santa Monica
He told KTLA 5’s Gene Kang: ‘What’s happening is people are taking their keys like they’re in a parking lot. This is not a parking lot. We really need people to move their cars.
“If you leave your car, leave the key there so a guy like me can move your car so these fire trucks can get there.”
Gutenberg explained that he had friends who were struggling to evacuate due to the traffic jam on Palisades Drive and emphasized, “It’s really, really important.”
‘There are people trapped there. So we’re trying to clear Palisades Dr. and I’m walking there as far as I can moving cars.
Tom Hanks’ multimillion-dollar cliffside home also avoided flames caused by strong winds.
Bill Hader’s house also remarkably survived the devastating Los Angeles fires, while his neighbors were not so fortunate.

Steve was one of the first to provide assistance last week when he helped move abandoned cars out of the way of fire trucks.

He told KTLA 5’s Gene Kang: ‘What’s happening is people are taking their keys like they’re in a parking lot. This is not a parking lot. We really need people to move their cars.
Devastation in Southern California began to unfold last Tuesday when a combination of strong winds and lack of rain created the perfect conditions for a wildfire in Pacific Palisades.
It is the largest of at least six fires that have devastated the Los Angeles area to become the most destructive in modern California history.
At least 24 people lost their lives and more than 12,000 buildings burned.
At least eight of the 24 people who died in the wildfires died in the Palisades fire.

Devastation in Southern California began to unfold last Tuesday when a combination of high winds and lack of rain created the perfect conditions for a wildfire in Pacific Palisades; Palisades fire damage seen above
It comes as Los Angeles was placed under an unprecedented wind warning amid fears gusts of 70mph could unleash a new inferno.
The National Weather Service issued a fourth “particularly dangerous situation” warning that will go into effect at 4 a.m. Tuesday, warning that winds of up to 70 mph will last until noon Wednesday.
Large swaths of the bone-dry city are under Ventura’s new warning across 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 this fire season wreaked havoc on the densely populated area, including the ongoing Palisades and Eaton fires that have become one 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 at the time, LA reports Times.
Climatologist Bill Patzert told the outlet that “the last nine months have been one of the driest in the historical record dating back to 1900. During my career, I have never seen such severe events in Santa Ana that so overwhelmed the normal snow season. winter rains.”