According to a press release from the Southern California Gas Company on Saturday, July 27, the “dynamic situation requires we take immediate action,” but SoCalGas had “not identified any natural g…
Drivers navigate the rough roads in Rancho Palos Verdes on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. More than 130 homes will lose natural gas service in the Portuguese Bend area of the Palos Verdes Peninsula beginning around 9 a.m. on Monday, July 29, amid concerns over continued land movement.
In a phone interview Saturday, Oscar Martinez, social media community advisor for SoCalGas, said SoCalGas had teams surveying the land recently and they had not “seen any betterment of the situation based on what we’ve seen geologically.” In a text, Kent Attridge, president and city liaison for the Portuguese Bend Community Association in Rancho Palos Verdes, said the shutoff of natural gas will impact “our entire community of around 140 homes, claiming safety concerns about a potential break in the main gas line entering the community above Wayfarers Chapel.”
Gordon Leon, another resident, said three properties on Vanderlip already have had their gas shut off, including his.“We are trying to figure out how to cook and “heat the house without it,” Leon said.
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