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

1 of 6 JACK FLEMMING Los Angeles Times RANCHO PALOS VERDES — A drive along the ocean on the Palos Verdes Peninsula is Southern California at its fi...

March 23, 2023
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1 of 6 JACK FLEMMING Los Angeles Times RANCHO PALOS VERDES — 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. An above-ground sewage pipe snakes along the road. The pavement on Palos Verdes Drive South is rutted and warped, jutting up and down like an asphalt roller coaster.

Robert Gauthier