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A home in the Portuguese Bend neighborhood is being raised onto a steel foundation due to landslide activity as seen on September 3, 2024.If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.For 49 years, the Twidwell family enjoyed idyllic living in the Portuguese Bend area on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
The movement is so bad the historic Wayfarers Chapel had to be disassembled and moved out. Some driveways now drop 6 to 10 feet from the homes they once connected to. Utility poles lean ominously. Power and gas have been shut off indefinitely for more than 200 homes. And Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency.KC King’s family bought the house next to Twidwell’s 30 days after she was born in 1974. Growing up in Palos Verdes, she said, was “special and magical.
“Any time that somebody says, ‘You know what, I give up. I give up. I'm done. I can't do this anymore,’ that's a loss for all of us,” she said. “It's not just that they're losing their home or the place that they wanted to spend the rest of their lives. But it's, we all lose. We lose a member of our family.”
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