Out-of-control wildfires are ravaging parts of Los Angeles this week, ripping through neighbourhoods and enclaves many Hollywood stars call home, including the Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Altadena.

Mike Rinder, a former spokesman for the Church of Scientology who became one of its fiercest and most high-profile critics, detailing alleged church abuses in interviews, podcasts and an Emmy-winning ...