Power to be cut indefinitely at 140 Rancho Palos Verdes homes over "dangerous" land movement

Published: Aug 31, 2024 Duration: 00:02:32 Category: News & Politics

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EXTENDED FORECAST COMING UP. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> DOZENS OF HOMEOWNERS WILL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO LIVE. >> THEY HAD THE NATURAL GAS CUTOFF LAST MONTH AND ELECTRIC CUTOFF AT NOON. MULTIMILLION DOLLARS HOMES WILL BE UNINHABITABLE. >>Reporter: GOOD MORNING, THAT'S RIGHT. THE HOMES WILL BE UNINHABITABLE. THE EVACUATION WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. SO CAL EDISON IS CUTTING POWER TO 140 HOMES BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS LAND MOVEMENT. THIS COVERS PART OF THE PORTUGUESE BEND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION NEIGHBORHOOD. THE POWER WILL BE CUT AT NOON TODAY. JUST LAST WEEK U LAND MOVEMENT CAUSED AN E ELECTROTYPEWRITING CAL FIRE TO FALL. FOR RESIDENTS FEARS TURN INTO FLUSTRATION AND ANGER. SOME FOUND ANOTHER YESTERDAY THEY WERE CUTTING POWER. SCE SAID THEY SENT A LETTER TO RESIDENTS ON JULY 30th WARNING THEM THIS COULD HAPPEN. SOME WE SPOKE WITH SAID WITH OR WITHOUT POWER, THEY ARE STAYING PUT. >> YOU CARE SO MUCH YOU ARE KICKING ME OUT OF MY HOUSE. YOU WANT ME TO KICK YOU OUT OF YOUR HOME? >> THE SEWER SYSTEM WE LIES ON E ELECTROTRICK. THERE COULD BE A SPILL. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST ONE TO SHUTOFF HERE. IN JULY, 130 HOMES HAD THEIR GAS SHUTOFF BECAUSE OF LAND MOVEMENT. THEY WILL PROVIDE VOUCHERS FOR RESIDENTS THAT NEED TO STAY IN HOTEL ROOMS. THEY NEED MORE HELP FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. THERE IS NO ADVERTISEMENT LINE IF IT WILL EVER BE TURNED BACK ON.

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