“What’s happening is unprecedented,” Mike Phipps, Rancho Palos Verdes’ contracted geologist, said this month after reviewing more than 16 years of data. The ancient complex includes four historically active landslides, dubbed the Portuguese Bend, Abalone Cove, Klondike Canyon and Beach Club landslides. AdvertisementBut the Rancho Palos Verdes community is still facing a laundry list of escalating issues. AdvertisementFront steps have cracked and dropped nearly a foot at a home on Dauntless Drive in the Seaview neighborhood of Rancho Palos Verdes. “This is paradise, there is no place like Portuguese Bend,” Reeves said, looking out on her lush garden that overlooks the ocean.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 19, 2024 00:50 UTC