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Rollings Hills Estates is located on the northern side of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, an area that has a history of documented landslides. [7] [8] On July 8, 2023, the Peartree Lane Landslide destroyed several homes in Rolling Hills Estates. [9] [10] This landslide may have started in 2022. [7]
On July 8, 2023, the Peartree Lane Landslide destroyed several homes in Rolling Hills Estates. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Townhouses in the area slumped into a canyon. [ 21 ] This land movement may have started in 2022.
The city borders Rolling Hills Estates to the north and Rancho Palos Verdes on all other sides (including the empty Portuguese Bend landslide area to the south). Rolling Hills is located at 33°45′34″N 118°20′30″W / 33.75944°N 118.34167°W / 33.75944; -118.34167 (33.759350, −118.341550
It came as a shock when a landslide destroyed homes in Rolling Hills Estates last July. But research from UCLA and NASA shows that land movement preceded the catastrophe.
In 1976, as the city of Rolling Hills Estates considered plans for a new development on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, officials debated how water should drain through a nearby canyon.
From the late 1970s to early 1980s, officials monitored the development of Rolling Hills Park Villas, where a landslide has since ruined at least eight homes.
It is often called simply "Palos Verdes", [2] and is made up of a group of cities in the Palos Verdes Hills, including Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, and Rolling Hills Estates, as well as the unincorporated community of Westfield/Academy Hill. The peninsula is located in the South Bay region.
Rolling Hills Estates Mayor Britt Huff said officials were surprised by the destruction. “This neighborhood was built in 1978, and it’s been solid for 45 years,” Huff said. “So we’re ...