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An aerial view of upscale homes destroyed by a landslide on Palos Verdes Peninsula in July 2023, in Rolling Hills Estates.Land movement in the Portuguese Bend/Abalone Cove area in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes has been accelerating, according to city geologist Michael Phipps.
The area has shifted around 7 feet of in the last 15 months, with half of that movement happening since October. “If the landslide continues to accelerate the way it has been over the last 15 months, it's going to start creating more issues with roads and with infrastructure, utilities,” Phipps said.The real effects of the storm, Phipps said, will be felt when the rainwater infiltrates into the ground and starts affecting the land movement.With six weeks of “typically the wettest portion of the winter” left this year, “we’re worried about it, we’re concerned,” Phipps said.Driving down Palos Verdes Drive South can be a different experience every day. Some days the road dips, other days it’s a smoother drive. That’s because land movement in the Portuguese Bend/Abalone Cove area in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes has been accelerating, according to city geologist Michael Phipps. That area, he said, has shifted around 7 feet of in the last 15 months, with half of that movement happening since October. Phipps added that the large landslide in the area that's 1.5 miles wide by 1 mile long is “failing into the ocean.” The slide is over 100 feet deep and the effects of the recent historic Southern California storms will reveal themselves “in a matter of weeks.” The real effects of the storm, he said, will be felt when the rainwater infiltrates deep underground and starts affecting the land movement.“If the landslide continues to accelerate the way it has been over the last 15 months, it's going to start creating more issues with roads and with infrastructure, utilities,” Phipps said. Two homes have been red tagged in the area since early 2023. And Rancho Palos Verdes City Manager Ara Mihranian said that over the last year the city has received several reports from residents in the area regarding gas leaks and power disruptions. He said crews have gone from repairing the Palos Verdes Drive South stretch every quarter to “every couple of weeks."While land movement in the area has been accelerating since 2018, the effects of last year’s rainy season are being seen now. “Last year's rainfall was about 220% of the average for that area, so they had almost 26 inches of rain on the top of the mountains there,” Phipps said. And with six weeks of “typically the wettest portion of the winter” left this year, “we’re worried about it, we’re concerned,” he said. To slow down and stop a landslide, the city has been taking the water out of the ground. At the landslide in Portuguese Bend, he said almost a quarter million gallons of water is being pumped out daily. With rain expected in the coming weeks, Mihranian added that the city is taking short-term measures, such as filling fissures with soil and sand and putting tarps over areas susceptible to water entering the ground.4.6 Quake Shakes SoCal, DLTA Building Owners Must Remove Graffiti, & CA Could Outlaw "Digital Discrimination" — The P.M. EditionAn aerial view of graffiti spray painted by taggers on at least 27 stories of an unfinished skyscraper development located downtown on February 2, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.The owners of Oceanwide Plaza, three abandoned buildings on South Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles, have until Feb. 17 to remove graffiti on the building and put up fencing around it. Otherwise, the city will do it themselves.The L.A. Department of Building and Safety, the Bureau of Street Services and the Bureau of Engineering would be tasked with removing graffiti and debris and securing the property if the owners fail to do so, at taxpayers expense. The city will then try to recover the money from the developer. “It's an embarrassment, but now we have to clean up the mess that was created by others and the negligence of property owners, people that don't want to sustain investments in the city of Los Angeles,” said Councilmember Monica Rodriguez.About a week ago, artists broke into the abandoned building in front of Crypto.com Arena and tagged around 30 floors of the high rise with graffiti. The building is currently owned by Chinese group Oceanwide Holdings Co. Ltd. Construction began in 2015 but halted in 2019 after funding dried up.The owners of Oceanwide Plaza, an abandoned complex on South Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles, have until Feb. 17 to remove graffiti on the building and put up fencing around it. The L.A. Department of Building and Safety, the Bureau of Street Services and the Bureau of Engineering would be tasked with removing graffiti, debris and securing the property at taxpayers' expense if the owners fail to do so. “The departments will step in to restore safety and compliance and bill the developer,” said Councilmember Kevin de León. “It's an embarrassment, but now we have to clean up the mess that was created by others and the negligence of property owners, people that don't want to sustain investments in the city of Los Angeles,” said Councilmember Monica Rodriguez. About a week ago, people broke into the abandoned building in front of Crypto.com Arena and tagged around 30 floors of the high rise with graffiti. The building is currently owned by Chinese group Oceanwide Holdings Co. Ltd. Construction began in 2015 but stopped in 2019 after funding dried up.According to the motion introduced by council members de Leon and Paul Krekorian, the building has been the site of “trespassing and vandalism” including “trucks ramming into the gates and driving into the building to facilitate copper wire theft and vandalism.” In January, the city of Los Angeles’ Department of Building and Safety also issued a notice of abatement against the property stating that the condition of the building is “substandard due to inadequate sanitation caused by general dilapidation or improper maintenance.”"One person's art is another person's vandalism," Rodriguez said during Friday's council meeting and it's a question people are pondering on social media too.The Los Angeles Police Department says the building has been targeted for vandalism, burglary, and other crimes. Earlier this week, four people were arrested for trespassing.An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 struck west of Malibu about 1:47 p.m. Friday, and was likely felt throughout a wide region. It was followed by a smaller 3.0 quake shortly afterward.The quake hit about 7.5 miles north west of Malibu, and reported being felt as far south as San Diego and as far north as Santa Barbara and Bakersfield.There's always about a 5% chance that a larger earthquake will strike following the initial event, though those odds go down over time.A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck west of Malibu at about 1:47 p.m. Friday and was felt throughout the region. It was followed shortly afterward by a smaller 3.0 quake. The quake, which was initially reported as a 4.7, hit about 7.5 miles north west of Malibu, with people reported feeling the shaking as far south as San Diego and as far north as Santa Barbara and Bakersfield. More than 3,000 people The depth of the quake — roughly 9 miles — was relatively deep and likely helped attenuate the shaking. Damage assessments are being performed by various emergency agencies including L.A. City Fire, L.A. County Fire and Ventura County Fire. No immediate damage was reported. “We did feel it, but thankfully nothing broke,” said Max Alperstein who works at Colony Liquor House in Malibu on Pacific Coast Highway. “It was more of a scare for a lot of customers, who walked out into the parking lot. We stayed and watched everything move back and forth.” Some books did fly off the shelf at Malibu Village Books, and a few surfboard fins fell off the wall at Traveler Surf Club. While wines in Summer Somewhere Wines in Malibu did rattle, they didn't roll . “This is fairly typical. We get these moderate earthquakes occurring on our many fault zones around here," said Elizabeth Cochran, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey."We would expect that we’re going to continue to see some little aftershocks happening in this area over the next couple of days perhaps. Otherwise, we just have to see how things progress.” It’s not immediately clear exactly which fault the earthquake originated from, though Cochran said that it's most likely the Anacapa-Dume fault, which is an east-west trending fault that reaches from Santa Monica to offshore of Point Dume in Malibu. Other suspects nearby include the Malibu Coast fault, the Oak View fault zone and the Red Mountain fault.An early warning was issued by the U.S. Geological Survey, giving some residents in the San Fernando Valley a roughly 10-second warning before the shaking started.At LAist, we've thought a lot about how to motivate people to prep for the massive earthquake that's inevitable here in Southern California. We even dedicated an"It was strong and scary, but it was fine," said Danielle Mccague, a bartender at Marmalade Cafe in Malibu. "Everyone's OK, nothing broke, just one little piece from a fire thing from the ceiling came down. That's it." Malibu, Westlake Village, Agoura and Woodland Hills, are reported to have experienced the heaviest shaking, according to the USGS, with the movement registering as a four on the Modified Mercalli Intensity scale.a magnitude 4 as:"Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day...Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building. Standing motor cars rocked noticeably." Good afternoon Southern California! Did you feel the magnitude 4.6 earthquake about 7 miles northwest of Malibu at 1:47 pm? See: There's always about a 5% chance that a larger earthquake will strike following the initial event, though those odds go down over time.And with no immediate reports of injuries or damage, social media was quickly populated by the requisite memes.. We don't know when, but we know it'll be at least 44 times stronger than Northridge and 11 times stronger than the Ridgecrest quakes in 2019. To help you get prepared, we've compiled a handy reading listWhat are you curious about when it comes to earthquakes? What questions do you have about how to survive the Big One?Tired of scrolling through endless amounts of shows and not knowing where to start? TV critics Steve Greene and Eric Deggans help you find a new favorite show.We are heading into Super Bowl weekend, a point in time where many folks default to hanging out on their couch and watching television. So what’s worth watching on the days before the game? And if you’re busy prepping for the big game, what’s worth checking out after it?, LAist 89.3's daily news show, we're joined by television critics who help parse through notable releases and tell us what's worth a binge. This week we were joined in-studio by NPR television criticListen to the full conversation for a rundown of the variety of shows they hit on. I’ll dig into three of them a little further to offer added insights.A new installment in the streamer’s expansion of the original Charlie Brown, Peanuts Gang series. This TV special focuses on Franklin, an often overlooked member of the group who finally gets to shine with an origin story.What makes the Peanuts universe so special is that it transcends generations. In the case of Franklin, many grew up with the character being the sole source of POC representation in the group. Nonetheless, I appreciate him as a character and this approach they’re taking makes him all the more endearing., a local Angeleno who wrote to Peanuts creator Charles Schulz to add a character of color to the animated group. Harriet Glickman is also the mother of now-retired LAist Senior Editor Paul Glickman. "It was delightful, Franklin finally gets his due ... it's a nice way for young kids to see there is a story that reflects ... being a person of color but also being a child of military." — Eric Deggans,A taxi driver thinks it's his lucky day after buying a lottery ticket, with his day only getting improved when a passenger offers $1 million. This excitement soon dies down when this long trip they take together unveils more sinister intentions. " sounds like an up and down emotional whiplash ... usually when you have shows that move between tones like that, it doesn't always feel like part of the same show, but here I think it does." — Steve Greene, freelance TV criticThe series is an adaptation of a South Korean webtoon comic series of the same name, it’s author goes by the pseudonym Aporia. Webtoons are better known in South Korea than in the U.S., but in recent years it has become a growing, profitable industryThis stand-up special from comedian Taylor Tomlinson focuses on her work, how the newfound popularity has impacted her dating life, and more. "It's a pleasure to see a really talented comic kind of come into her own in this way." — Eric Deggans,Tomlinson is a comedian whose age demographic fits into millennials and Gen-Z, so those in that age group who haven’t had a chance to stumble onto her work should expectThis is Tomlinson’s third stand-up special for Netflix, and it comes at a notable time in her career. She’s also become the host of CBS', a late-night comedy panel game show inspired by Comedy Central’s @midnight. If both of these TV-related programs interest you,The comedy special premieres Tuesday, Feb. 13 on Netflix.Actors from the Sins O' The Flesh shadow cast that performs during the midnight screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the Nuart TheatreNuart Theatre celebrates 50 years as LA’s home of the 'cult' Midnight Movie. How ‘Pink Flamingos,' 'Rocky Horror’ and 'Eraserhead' helped build its rep as a destination for arthouse films.starring Alice White, and big silent film stars like Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were in attendance.,” according to a local theater blog. That is, until group that would become known as Landmark Theatres bought it in 1974. Offbeat — and sometimes"repulsive" — films would showcase, helping build Nuart's reputation as an arthouse.The Nuart is celebrating its 50th anniversary of being owned by Landmark this year and it is still LA's home of the Midnight Movie, like the long-running Saturday screening ofSweethearts on Parade starring Alice White, and big silent film stars like Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were in attendance. It got a “beautiful remodel” in the 1940s, says theater historian Ross Melnick, that left us with the three-cornered Art Deco marquee and the sunburst terrazzo out front that still adorns the Nuart today.“Every theater in Los Angeles, especially all these rep houses, have a history that's not consistent, “ says Melnick. “They have a history that's related to the changes in the neighborhood, the changes in the city, the changes in moviegoing, and then they just have histories related to the people who ran them.” The Nuart changed hands a couple of times and, at one point in '40s and '50s, showcased international films from Latin America and Japan, driven by the interests of nearby students from UCLA and Santa Monica College. But for decades the Nuart was just seen as another “,” says longtime former programmer at The Nuart, Mark Valen. “But it was a midnight show. Midnights only because, you know, it's such a weird movie.” has just been named the “filthiest person alive,” and some nasty rivals try to come for her title.The film had been running in New York for about a year but never on the West Coast. When it premiered at the Nuart, Valen remembers Divine showing up on a motorcycle with a trash truck in tow. Out of the back of the truck emerged a group Valen recalls as the “They were all dressed in leather biker gear and made up with their wigs and stuff and they, you know, did a little dance in front of the theater,” he says. “It was amazing.”ran as the midnight show at the Nuart for years after that and helped build the theater’s reputation as a destination for arthouse film. “It’s legacy, I would say, is really bold, edgy and eclectic,” says Landmark Theatres president Kevin Holloway, noting that after 50 years of being recognized for this, it’ll probably never change. “We're just excited to be at year 50, and to be able to give our audience more of what we've been doing from the past 50 years, and trying to endure for, hopefully, another 50,” he says.When the film first premiered in 1975 with Tim Curry as the “sweet transvestite from Transexual, Transylvania,” it was a flop. But its story, about two square lovers who get lost in a castle with a cast of characters who show them how to “give over to absolute pleasure,” eventually found a delighted audience. The innuendo-laden musical rock numbers probably didn’t hurt, and a It soon became a must-see midnight movie complete with raucous audience participation — and props — and its appeal has never really waned.The performance troupe that evolved in 1988 from all that audience engagement is called Sins O’ The Flesh. They’re now what’s known as the Nuart’s“shadow cast” — actors who come out in full costume and makeup to lipsync and perform live as the film screens.… and then just come to the Nuart for all of their other screenings,” says Nina Minnelli, who now performs with Sins O’ The Flesh. “The Nuar t… since probably about the '60s is the defining theater of cult movies.”Films from directors like John Waters, David Lynch and Darren Aronofsky helped make the Nuart. It also found a lot of success with classic films, or versions of them, like the director’s cut ofOne of its biggest programming successes, however, says Valen, was in 1999 with a small little horror film you may have heard of:I remember driving by the theater at noon on that Friday and there was a huge line down the street waiting to buy tickets,” says Valen. “I remember a couple came up to me and they said, ‘is this just a one-movie theater house?’ And I realized, ‘wow, they're bringing in people from, like, the suburbs in Orange County who are used to only going to multiplexes.’”Now in its 50th year owned by Landmark, the Nuart is still looking to provide a space for moviegoers to discover new films in a packed house full of other folks — that may or may not include dancing or screaming. “Our core focus, even though it has evolved, has really just been being those community locations for moviegoers,” says Landmark’s Holloway. Adds historian Ross Melnick: “I just trust it because it's the Nuart … it's always been this hallmark of arthouse cinema.”this year. There are two special film series coming up to celebrate moviegoers with great picks from the New Hollywood era of the '60s, '70s and '80s, and also from 1999, which means that, yes, you’ll be able to catchCalifornia could become the first state in the nation to outlaw"digital discrimination" of access to the internet based on income, race and other protected traits. A new bill introduced this week would codify theDigital equity advocates say the policy is crucial to closing the state's digital divide. An estimated 3.5 million Californian households don't have internet access, shutting them out of many aspects of modern society, and experts say cost is the main barrier.The news comes as the state is rolling out its multi-billion dollar Broadband for All plan to connect millions of underserved residents to the internet.the nation's first city-level digital discrimination policy. It creates a new way for residents to submit discrimination complaints against internet service providers.reveals something about pain that's counterintuitive: back pain can occur in the absence of tissue damage due to learned neural circuits in the brain.Every year, the medical community is learning more and more about pain — its origins, its function, and its relationship to the mind and body. While research has long shown that pain comes from the brain, many scientists and doctors haven't necessarily engaged with this critical information.In Dr. Howard Schubiner's study, doctors examined 222 patients suffering chronic neck and back pain. After running MRI tests and physical exams, the researchers found that nearly all the patients had spinal anomalies. However, only 12% of the participants showed a structural problem as the root of their pain. The other 88% of participants had, what the researchers call primary pain, meaning the pain was generated by neural circuits in the brain, not structural damage.Almost everyone has experienced some kind of pain in their life, be it emotional or physical. Many of us, millions in fact, also suffer from chronic pain. I know I have. And while we might think we know exactly where the pain stems from, many times, the source of the pain is not what we think. Every year, the medical community is learning more and more about pain — its origins, its function, and its relationship to the mind and body. While research has long shown that pain comes from the brain, many scientists and doctors haven't necessarily engaged with this critical information. Remember the last time you went to the doctor for pain? You were probably prescribed medication, maybe you got an X-ray and perhaps that did the trick. Unfortunately, for the millions of Americans suffering from chronic pain, simple interventions often don't work. Why? Because we're often misdiagnosing the source of the pain and thus, mistreating it as well. This illustration image shows tablets of opioid painkiller Oxycodone delivered on medical prescription taken on Sept. 18, 2019 in Washington, DC.published in the Journal of Pain provides new data to help us understand pain — where it comes from, why we experience it, and howScientists now believe that all pain is generated in the brain, but that doesn't make the pain any less real. And it's understandable if this is triggering for some. Many people, women especially, aren't heard when they say they feel pain. There's even a term for it —"your head," said Nathaniel Frank, an author and historian who is writing a book about the mind-body connection to pain. Frank recently wrote an op-ed in the LA Times called"" project, which collects scholarship on cultural and policy issues for the general public."If you've broken a bone, slipped a disc, torn a muscle, you likely experienced structural pain. What's fascinating is that over time, even as the injury heals, our pain can get worse."recently led a study that revealed something about pain that's counterintuitive — back pain can occur in the absence of tissue damage due to learned neural circuits in the brain. "We see this all the time," said Schubiner."Normally when you have an injury it will heal. It may take weeks. In chronic pain sufferers, it increases over time and spreads to different areas of the body." In Schubiner's study, doctors examined 222 patients suffering chronic neck and back pain. After running MRI tests and physical exams, the researchers found that nearly all the patients had spinal anomalies. However, only 12% of the participants showed a structural problem as the root of their pain. The other 88% of participants had what the researchers call primary pain, meaning the pain was generated by neural circuits in the brain, not by structural damage. Jess Breach of Harlequins walks off with crutches after the Allianz Premier 15's Semi-Final match between Harlequins Women and Wasps FC Ladies at the Twickenham Stoop on May 22, 2021 in London, England."The results are really remarkable. If you have chronic neck or back pain and you get an MRI, the MRI will be abnormal. But it turns out, that most people have an abnormal MRI even if they have no pain. So mild findings on an MRI may not be the cause of the pain," said Schubiner. To further conclude that most participants were experiencing non-structural pain, the researchers looked at patient histories and the characteristics of their pain. "If the pain comes and goes, shifts and moves, turns on and off, is triggered by an innocuous stimuli, that's what was the determining factor," Schubiner said. These findings confirm a suspicion I had about about my own experience with chronic pain — that while it likely began with my head injury, over time it morphed into an emotional pain. "All injuries heal, but sometimes the brain will continue to send these pain signals," said Schubiner."It creates a spiraling process. Especially when people think they're in danger.""The brain has a danger alarm mechanism. It turns on and it turns off. And so the brain is actually in charge of whether or not we experience pain in any given situation," says Schubiner. Even after our pain alerts us that we've been harmed, it doesn't always turn off. The danger has passed, but our bodies don't know it."Anxiety can make the pain worse," said Schubiner."This has actually been proven. So when we go to the doctor for an MRI and it reveals an abnormality, it's critical that we remember that the brain can cause pain. In fact, functional MRIs have shown that physical pain lights up a similar part of the brain as emotional pain."New treatments are helping people reverse or eliminate chronic pain without invasive treatment or medications. "This is an epidemic of fear as much of anything else," said Nathaniel Frank."Of course, you need to go to an M.D. and rule out anything life-threatening. But once that's been ruled out, there are all these resources online now who can help you understand that others have gone through similar experiences.""For some people this happens quickly when they learn about pain education. But for others, particularly those who may have had real adversity of trauma when there young, it can take a long time to rewire your brain," says Frank. All injuries heal, but sometimes the brain will continue to send these pain signals. It creates a spiraling process. Especially when people think they're in danger.Going to different doctors and getting different diagnoses are important steps — the more perspective you have on your pain, the more likely it is you'll be able to address it. But pain can also be an incredibly lonely experience, which may seem odd given how universal and ubiquitous it is. But it can carry with it a degree of shame, stigma and certainly misery. Frank suggests finding community, reaching out to folks who are also struggling and researching the mind-body connection.My own story with chronic pain begins and ends with the mind-body connection. A couple years ago I sustained a concussion after I was violently mugged. When the headaches lasted past two weeks, and then past a couple months, I started to worry. Is my brain bleeding? Am I permanently damaged? Will I ever be OK? The more I worried, the worse it got. If you’ve dealt with chronic pain you know the cycle can be vicious. I decided to get a CT scan for peace of mind, and yet even with normal results, it didn't bring me any. The headaches persisted. Three months into the head pain, and after changing my whole lifestyle appease it, I decided to do something a little more drastic and entirely experimental — I booked a 10-day trip to Hawai'i. Maybe I knew something intuitively that I would soon find out, or maybe I was just that desperate, but from the moment we took off the throbbing, pounding, pulsating stopped. Just like that, I felt like myself again. But this is the part that astounds me and lends itself to the paradigm shift around pain — while I likely sustained a concussion that caused my headaches for the days and weeks that followed, at some point, it is also likely that my pain was no longer being caused by the physical injury but by the emotional one. My body still thought I was in danger. In the end, my pain lasted for only months. I'm one of the lucky ones — many people suffer for years with no end in sight. This is why Frank and Dr. Schubiner believe a paradigm shift around pain is necessary. And why everyone, as Frank wrote in his op-ed, deserves access to that paradigm shift.The key to stopping the pain, Frank said, is teaching your nervous system that it is safe and can turn off the pain, which functions as an alarm signal. Nervous system safety is achieved through pain education and therapeutic approaches including mindfulness, self-compassion exercises, and emotional expression techniques including journaling.Tame The Beast project from researchers at the University of South AustraliaIn the weather forecast for today and this weekend you can expect sunny skies paired with chilly temps. Today's highs will be in the upper 50s to low 60s but the average temperature for the weekend will be in the mid 60s, up to 66 degrees is the warmest for some inland areas and the valleys.Happy Friday. We made it through the week. We made it through the storms. We made it through the first full week of February. We made it.In the weather forecast for today and this weekend you can expect sunny skies paired with chilly temps. Today's highs will be in the upper 50s to low 60s but the average temperature for the weekend will be in the mid 60s, up to 66 degrees is the warmest for some inland areas and the valleys.Gusty winds will make an appearance for northern Ventura county mountains and the Interstate 5 corridor starting at 6 p.m. this evening through Sunday. More high surf is expected to pound the Malibu coast, Los Angeles and Ventura county beaches until noon today. Weather forecasters warn swimmers and surfers to beware of strong rip currents and stay away from rock jetties. The National Weather Service says there's a chance of a Santa Ana wind event Sunday — don't let it catch you off guard, bring that moisturizer and lip balmTalk about repeating history. On this week in 1998, El Niño kicked into gear bringing heavy rain to SoCal creating mudslides, flooding, sinkholes, swift water rescue, and tornadoes on a beach in Encinitas.Get ready for a legendary night of music at 9thirtyLA with performances by Slum Village, J. Rocc, and more! This event celebrates the late J Dilla's music legacy. Plus, there will be record and merchandise vendors, food pop-ups and surprise guests!Cal State Faculty To Start Voting On Tentative Deal, What You Need To Know About CA's Only Ballot Measure & What Forecasters Say About Unusual Winds — The A.M. EditionForecasters confirm a weather phenomenon in San Luis Obispo County.
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