Southern California Landslide Triggers Declaration of Local Emergency

A home collapsing from a landslide in the neighborhood of Rolling Hills Estates in Los Angeles County, Calif., on July 9, 2023. Courtesy of Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif.—The cause of a landslide responsible for the destruction of several homes in Rolling Hills Estates remained a mystery on July 11, as the city council declared a local emergency due to the devastating slide.

Nearly a dozen upscale homes in the Palos Verdes Peninsula community along Peartree Lane have been crumbling as a result of the massive landslide that began on July 8 and forced the evacuation of the structures.