Land Shifting Behind Oceanfront Homes in New Area of Rancho Palos Verdes

City engineers are trying to find what caused the latest shift, which damaged four backyards in the Southern California enclave.
Land Shifting Behind Oceanfront Homes in New Area of Rancho Palos Verdes
A walker passes landslide damage in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., on Sept. 3, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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City officials in the Southern California coastal enclave of Rancho Palos Verdes are trying to find what caused the land to shift under more homes on Sept. 27 about four miles from an existing landslide complex.
The land slipped about 50 to 60 feet toward the coastline under four multimillion-dollar cliffside homes on Marguerite Drive near Palos Verdes Drive West, causing damage to backyards in a neighborhood northwest of the city’s existing Portuguese Bend landslide area.
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