DETROIT — The house Steve Kerr grew up in is burned down. The high school he went to is gone. His childhood friends have lost their homes and their town is unrecognizable — mostly ash and ruins.

Steve Kerr has a deep connection to Pacific Palisades, where wildfires have left little standing in their wake this week. On Thursday he confirmed that his childhood home had been lost in the blaze.

Steve Kerr’s 90-year-old mother was among the thousands of residents evacuated from the raging wildfire in the suburbs of Los Angeles.