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Tag: Portuguese Bend

Around 400 feet of coastal bluff in Rancho Palos Verdes plummets toward the ocean – the LAist

End of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, 2010 (by Greg Bishop CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr).

Rancho Palos Verdes officials say 400 feet of coastal bluff that fell toward the ocean on Saturday night is not related to the land movement that’s been ripping part of the city apart for years….

A coastal California community is sliding 4 inches a week toward the ocean – SFGate

NASA’s UAVSAR airborne radar instrument captured data in fall 2024 showing the motion of landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula following record-breaking rainfall in Southern California in 2023 and another heavy-precipitation winter in 2024. Darker red indicates faster motion. (courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory via JetPopulsionLab website).

Residents in scenic communities along the coast of Southern California have known for years that the Palos Verdes Peninsula is prone to landslides, but new research from NASA reveals a startling speed at which the Los Angeles subregion is shifting into the sea. …

Rancho Palos Verdes landslide is creating a new beach. ‘It’s unreal’ – the Los Angeles Times

The shoreline and beach at the base of the Palos Verdes landside © 2024 Rajendra P. Malla.

There’s an entirely new coastline in Rancho Palos Verdes…

A chunk of Rancho Palos Verdes is sliding into the sea. Can the city stop it? – the Los Angeles Times

Cars traversing Portuguese Bend, the landslide-prone area of Rancho Palos Verdes © 2022 Deepika Shrestha Ross.

A drive along the ocean on the Palos Verdes Peninsula is Southern California at its finest. Sunlight dances on the water. Coves are pristine, unsullied by development. Catalina Island appears so near you can almost spot the bison.

Look a bit closer, though, and you’ll see signs of a disaster waiting to happen…

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