The ground is still moving in Rolling Hills Estates, more than a day after 12 homes were evacuated because of major ground slides.
Homes in Rolling Hills Estates continued to move Monday morning, more than a day after 12 houses were evacuated because of a major ground shift.
Those homes are continuing their gradual decline down the hillside, Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Sheila Kelliher said Monday morning.“Things are still shifting there,” Kelliher said. “The hillside is still moving. We don’t know the extent of that movement, but geographical engineers are on their way to the site to further assess the situation.”The cracks in the homes, which are on Peartree Lane bordering a canyon, were visible on the outside and inside.
Zee, his wife and their son moved in to their home just two months ago from Torrance, excited for the new school district and beautiful scenery. Before they could even get acquainted with the neighborhood, their home started to slide off the hillside. Where there had been significant cracks in some homes and a few driveways had dropped off Saturday and Sunday, now almost whole homes had fallen down the ledge.
Firefighters and investigators were sent about 4 p.m. Saturday to Peartree Lane, where they found damaged homes and garages. The land movement “could be due to the extensive rains that we’ve had ... but we don’t know,” Goodrich said of recent winter storms.A decades-long landslide has reshaped a 240-acre part of Palos Verdes Peninsula known as Portuguese Bend. Rancho Palos Verdes is mounting a plan to slow it.
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