{"id":391623,"date":"2026-07-09T04:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/391623\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T04:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:45:12","slug":"dennis-quaid-leaves-california-for-good-after-wildfire-experience-and-shares-his-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/391623\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Quaid Leaves California for Good After Wildfire Experience and Shares His Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Popular actor and musician Dennis Quaid may have a noticeable southern drawl, but the truth is he’s been a long-time California resident.<\/p>\n

Like many celebrities impacted by the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, they became just another face in the crowd as they gathered their belongings only to sit in a sea of headlights to get out of dodge, whether it be Malibu, Pacific Palisades, or the Hollywood Hills.<\/p>\n

Dennis was kind enough to speak with<\/a> local news outlet KNBC amidst the chaos, which ultimately went viral on socials as he expressed shock, sorrow and fear of flying embers, saying he was ready to “put a hose on a roof” as if he were channeling his\u00a0Frequency\u00a0character in real life.<\/p>\n

Seeming disheveled, he swiftly packed his sedan full of valuables \u2014 in a trash bag, no less \u2014 to evacuate his Brentwood home. Fast forward just over a year and a half, let’s just say don’t expect to see the famous Parent Trap dad in line any time soon, forking over $19 for an Erewhon smoothie.<\/p>\n

Dennis Quaid Confirms California Exodus\"Getty<\/p>\n

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Per SFGate<\/a>, Dennis put the kibosh on ever coming back to the “Golden State” \u2014 as a resident anyway.<\/p>\n

He didn’t mince words either. As many reports have said key reservoirs were empty as residents were forced to battle flames themselves, the Texas-born entertainer stated L.A. “used to be such a great town and the ’90s was nice.” Further adding, “it’s been kind of going downhill and I feel like people pay these taxes for no services is what it gets down to.”<\/p>\n

While he did keep one of L.A.’s most sought-after zip codes, he’s actually been living a quiet life in Tennessee with his wife, Laura Savoie, since 2020, though he did endorse former reality TV star Spencer Pratt for L.A. mayor.<\/p>\n

Quaid’s 5-bedroom Brentwood mansion is now on the market for a whopping $5.2 million as he says goodbye to L.A. for good. Reflecting on the city, he said he hopes it “comes back,” adding that it “used to be such a fantastic town.”<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Jul 9, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Popular actor and musician Dennis Quaid may have a noticeable southern drawl, but the truth is he’s been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[157576,7,9,8,156278,534,157577],"class_list":["post-391623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-2025-los-angeles-wildfires","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-dennis-quaid","tag-pacific-palisades","tag-southern-drawl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}