From the Palisades to Palos Verdes, L.A.’s altered landscapes challenge memory itself
Like the Palisades fire, the Palos Verdes landslide is erasing an entire place — including a home of Joan Didion, who wrote ...
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Rancho Palos Verdes homes continue to slide into the ocean, but the destruction could have been avoided
Who’s responsible? And where does Rancho Palos Verdes go from here? According to research from Cal State Dominguez Hills, the Portuguese Bend landslide has been moving for more than 250,000 years.
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Homeowner affected by landslide says buyout program is "not a good deal"
A FEMA-funded buyout program only provides 75% of the funding for the city to buy affected properties at fair market value, while the remaining share is absorbed by sellers.
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10 new dewatering wells to be installed in Rancho Palos Verdes to help stem landslide
Another 10 new dewatering wells could be installed in an area of Rancho Palos Verdes in about two weeks to help continue slow down land movement. Deep dewatering wells, aided by a dry winter, have ...
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RPV disaster
Who’s responsible? And where does Rancho Palos Verdes go from here? According to research from Cal State Dominguez Hills, the Portuguese Bend landslide has been moving for more than 250,000 years.
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As California community slowly slides toward ocean, not all homeowners want to leave
Sheri Hastings' property sits on a slow-moving disaster; a complex of landslides in the Portuguese Bend area of Rancho Palos Verdes, California. For nearly 70 years, this area has shifted roughly ...
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Parts of California Are Sinking, and It Could Worsen the Effects of Sea-Level Rise, NASA Study Finds
The ground in many parts of the state—including Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Central Valley—is subsiding due to groundwater withdrawal, landslides and compacting of sediment ...
Areas in California are sinking into the Pacific: Maps detail NASA's study
Not all Californian coastal areas are moving lower. The Santa Barbara groundwater basin, which has been continuously ...
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New NASA Data Reveals Details About Palos Verdes Landslides
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA — New radar imagery and data from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory revealed additional information about the landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. According to the ...