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A dozen homes torn apart by earth movement on Southern California's Palos Verdes Peninsula 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. Walls and roofs began to fail as the land continued to slide. County Supervisor Janice Hahn says the homes are completely destroyed and are expected to fall. Rolling Hills Estates Mayor Britt Huff says the city is collaborating with county agencies and the Red Cross to support displaced residents.
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Sinkholes swallowed cars and raging torrents swamped towns and swept away a small boy as California was wracked by more wild winter. Meanwhile, the next system in a powerful string of storms loomed on the horizon. Millions of people were still under flood warnings, and more than 200,000 homes and businesses were without power because of heavy rains, hail and landslides. Thousands have been ordered to evacuate their homes. State officials say at least 15 people have died from storms that began late last month.
I think it was 1996 when I moved back to the Bay Area from college and immediately experienced the full wrath of an El Niño year. It rained fo…
A controversial decision on whether to permit a steep 60-acre lot near Crystal Springs Road to be split and developed into three homes has bee…
Climate change is causing rising temperatures, record droughts, devastating wildfires, and more intense storms. All are widely acknowledged as…
In 1781, British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, as the American Revolution neared its end.
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A longtime overnight nature education camp for low-income fourth and fifth graders will be finding a permanent stay in the wildlands of San Gr…
The San Mateo County Planning Commission stalled a decadeslong effort to develop homes along a steep hill lining Crystal Springs Road, citing …
