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Homes evacuated after landslide in southern California

Fun VLOG July 10, 2023

A dozen families were evacuated from homes in Los Angeles County after a landslide devastated a residential neighborhood on Saturday night.

Residents of a tony gated community along Peartree Lane in the city of Rolling Hills Estates, California noticed the ground shifting under their homes around 4.00pm on Saturday.

Fire officials, police, and other first responders quickly came to investigate the scene before ordering an evacuation. A total of 16 residents of Rolling Hills Estates were forced to flee the oncoming landslide.

Just a day later, photos from Peartree Lane show collapsing homes, caved-in garages, and shattered driveways.

A partially destroyed patio caused by earth movement is seen in Southern California's Palos Verdes Peninsula's Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. on Monday, July 10, 2023. The Los Angeles County city of Rolling Hills Estates were hastily evacuated by firefighters Saturday when cracks began appearing in structures and the ground. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Residents of Rolling Hills Estates first noticed the ground shifting on Saturday afternoon (Picture: AP)
A house in Rolling Hills Estates is severely damaged after a landslide on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County early Sunday, July 9, 2023. Multiple homes were evacuated in the Los Angeles-area city after a major ground shift put them at risk of collapse, officials said Sunday. (Michael Hixon/The Orange County Register via AP)
Firefighters evacuated residents as homes began to collapse and cave in (Picture: AP)
Homes in Southern California's Palos Verdes Peninsula are seen torn apart by earth movement in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. on Monday, July 10, 2023. A dozen homes torn apart by earth movement during the weekend are likely to fall into an adjacent canyon. The homes in the Los Angeles County city of Rolling Hills Estates were hastily evacuated by firefighters Saturday when cracks began appearing in structures and the ground. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
At least 12 homes in the gated neighborhood were evacuated so far (Picture: AP)

Officials now believe the homes are likely to fall into an adjacent canyon.

‘Significant land movement overnight has completely destroyed the homes along a canyon on Peartree Lane here in Rolling Hills Estates,’ Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said on Twitter after visiting the neighborhood on Sunday.

‘This is just devastating for these residents. My office is ready to offer any assistance we can provide to these families and the city,’ said Hahn, who is also chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

In an update posted on Monday, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said the landslide remains an ‘active situation,’ but has not threatened other parts of the city.

epa10736872 Neighbors look at a collapsed house in Rolling Hills Estates in Los Angeles, California, USA, 09 July 2023. A large landslide in Rolling Hills Estates this weekend forced 12 houses next to a canyon to be evacuated. EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT
Neighobors survey the damage in Rolling Hills Estates (Picture: EPA)
A view shows damaged houses, which were evacuated due to a growing fissure causing a landslide, in the Rolling Hills Estates, California, U.S. July 9, 2023. REUTERS/David Swanson
Officials believe the houses are in danger of falling into a nearby canyon (Picture: REUTERS)
Work trucks sit outside a Rolling Hills Estates neighborhood on Sunday, July 9, 2023, where a landslide occurred the previous afternoon. Multiple homes were evacuated in the Los Angeles-area city after a major ground shift put them at risk of collapse, officials said Sunday. (Michael Hixon/The Orange County Register via AP)
Utility workers have shut off power to the neighborhood, and the area has been closed to the general public (Picture: AP)

‘The outpouring of support from our community has been amazing over the past few days,’ Rolling Hills Estates Mayor Britt Huff said. ‘It has been truly inspiring to see how everyone is pulling together to offer assistance, especially to our displaced residents and their families.’

The mayor confirmed fire officials would remain on site to ‘assess and monitor the area.’ The neighborhood along Peartree Lane has been closed to the general public, and utilities to the area have been turned off.

Meanwhile, geologists are inspecting the neighborhood to determine what exactly caused the devastating landslide.

‘This neighborhood was built in 1978, and it’s been solid for 45 years,’ Mayor Huff told the Los Angeles Times. ‘So we’re very much in shock by what is happening here.’

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