Milo Ventimiglia, wife Jarah welcome first child after losing homes in Palisades fire

“This Is Us” prima Milo Ventimiglia and his wife, Jarah Mariano, person welcomed their archetypal kid little than a period aft losing 2 homes successful the Palisades fire.

“Houseless, ne'er homeless,” Mariano wrote Friday connected Instagram, introducing the kid to the satellite with a peek astatine the newborn with their canine Duke. “Welcome backmost Ke’ala Coral Ventimiglia 🌈 1.23.25”

Mariano announced the baby’s accomplishment connected the aforesaid time that occurrence crews reached 100% containment for the Palisades occurrence and the simultaneous Eaton fire, which tore a way done Altadena and parts of Pasadena. The Palisades fire, fueled by hurricane-force winds, killed 12 people. It besides scorched 23,448 acres successful the Pacific Palisades area, Topanga and Malibu, and destroyed 6,800 structures, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Accuweather estimates that the economical harm from those 2 monolithic fires, arsenic good arsenic others that ignited arsenic they continued to burn, exceeds $250 billion.

The caller parent said that she and her family’s location was evacuated connected Jan. 7 and they mislaid that location and everything they owned successful it. They besides mislaid different location that was nether construction.

“I was 38 weeks large & I had done an evacuation lone a fewer weeks anterior during the Franklin Fire arsenic well,” the exemplary wrote successful the post. “I instrumentality it arsenic a acquisition that I was capable to fundamentally bash a signifier tally for what was inevitably to come. I’m besides everlastingly grateful that we were capable to evacuate from the Palisades Fire successful the daytime, erstwhile we could consciousness much prepared & not caught wholly disconnected defender successful the mediate of the night, for example.”

Mariano assured her 57,300 followers that their household is together, happy, steadfast and safe, “which is genuinely each that matters.”

“We are profoundly grateful to each of the heroes who assistance conflict fires, arsenic good arsenic attraction for everyone affected by the aftermath for years to come. This volition beryllium an extended process of rebuilding and grieving for many, but we are feeling optimistic & inspired to invited each of the breathtaking newness of our caller start!” Mariano wrote. She besides thanked friends, family, her birthing team, the Los Angeles assemblage and others who supported her and her family.

“Your emotion & generosity means everything to us,” she said, adding, “Gentle reminder to all, to delight let america this clip & abstraction to nest with our newborn successful specified a delicate phase. We already person everything we request successful abundance & volition beryllium backmost astir with updates successful our ain time.”

Ventimiglia and Mariano wed successful Hawaii successful 2023 and Mariano announced her pregnancy successful September 2024. Just implicit 3 months later, the mates was among the thousands of displaced Angelenos fleeing the blazes. Days aft the fires ignited, Ventimiglia — whose “This Is Us” quality died from fume inhalation aft a location occurrence — said helium watched video of their location going up successful flames connected their information camera.

“You know, it’s not mislaid connected me, beingness imitating art,” Ventimiglia told CBS News astatine the time. “We got bully friends, and we got bully radical we’re moving with and we’ll marque do. Wife and babe and dog, astir important.”

Times unit writers Clara Harter and Roger Vincent contributed to this report.