HEAD BACK OUT TO LAS VEGAS, WHERE ROB FUKUZAKI IS STANDING BY. BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT ONCE AGAIN WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, WHERE POWER HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN SHUT OFF AT MORE THAN 100 HOMES FOLLOWING MONTHS OF LAND MOVEMENT. >> AT THIS HOUR, SOCAL EDISON HAS TURNED OFF POWER SERVICE TO ABOUT 140 HOMES IN THE PORTUGUESE BEND AREA. THE POWER SHUT OFF STARTED AT NOON. IT'S UNCLEAR FOR HOW LONG THIS WILL LAST. GAS SERVICE TO THOSE HOMES WAS ALREADY SHUT OFF ABOUT A MONTH AGO. >> THE EVACUATION WARNING WAS ISSUED YESTERDAY. SHUTOFFS BEGAN TODAY IN PORTUGUESE BEND AMID WORSENING LANDSLIDES THAT HAVE ACCELERATED ACROSS NEARLY 700 ACRES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS LAST SPRING. THE SLIDES HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO HOMES, ROADS AND UTILITIES. DOWNED POWER LINES RECENTLY CAUSED A FIRE. AN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CENTER HAS BEEN SET UP FOR AFFECTED FAMILIES AT LADERA LINDA COMMUNITY CENTER. >> EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER SOPHIE FLAY IS LIVE IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES. SOPHIE LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR MORE STATE ASSISTANCE. EVEN A VISIT FROM THE GOVERNOR. RIGHT? >> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, YOU GUYS. AND THIS IS A NIGHTMARE SITUATION FOR PEOPLE LIVING HERE. THERE IS AN EVACUATION WARNING IN EFFECT. AND WE DID SEE SOME PEOPLE PACK UP THEIR CARS AND HEAD OUT. BUT MOST RESIDENTS I SPOKE TO SAY THEY ARE STAYING STAYING HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE NERVOUS ABOUT THEIR HOMES BEING BROKEN INTO WITH NO POWER, NO STREET LIGHTS. IN TIMES LIKE THESE, MY HOUSE IS DARK RIGHT NOW. >> NO ELECTRICITY AND NO GAS. >> NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS BECOME ESSENTIAL. >> NO ONE IS DOING ANY WELLNESS CHECKS EXCEPT WE ARE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. BUT THERE'S NOBODY FROM THE CITY UP HERE. >> YESTERDAY AT NOON, 140 RESIDENTS IN PORTUGUESE BEND FOUND OUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON WAS SHUTTING OFF THEIR POWER. TODAY, THIS COMES AS A RESULT OF WORSENING LANDSLIDES IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES. WE CAN'T SOLVE ROLLING HILLS. >> WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO IT ON OUR OWN. >> THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN NEGLECTED. POWER GAS. AND HERE WE ARE. >> THESE RESIDENTS SPARED IMMEDIATE EVACUATION THANKS TO BACKUP GENERATORS, BUT THEIR SEWAGE SYSTEM RELIES ON ELECTRICITY. >> A BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS GOT TOGETHER THIS MORNING, AND HOOKED UP THREE GENERATORS TO THE SEWER SYSTEM, AND WE HAD IT DONE 45 MINUTES BEFORE EDISON CUT THE POWER OFF. >> IN JULY, SOCAL GAS CUT OFF NATURAL GAS SERVICE TO THIS SAME AREA AND IT HASN'T RETURNED. >> IT'S JUST KIND OF MIND BLOWING. IT DOESN'T FEEL LEGAL. >> ACCORDING TO THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY MANAGER, THIS LANDSLIDE HAS BEEN MONITORED BY THE CITY FOR DECADES. >> IT'S AN ANCIENT LANDSLIDE THAT GOES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS. IT WAS ACTIVATED IN 1956 WHEN CRENSHAW BOULEVARD WAS BEING EXTENDED TO PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH, BUT IT'S BEEN LEFT TO THESE RESIDENTS, BETTER KNOWN AS TEACHERS, POLICEMEN, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, TO TAKE CARE OF. >> EARLIER TODAY, L.A. COUNTY SUPERVISOR JANICE HAHN COMMITTING ANOTHER $5 MILLION IN COUNTY FUNDS TO RESPOND TO THIS DISASTER. ALSO CALLING ON CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM TO COME VISIT. >> THIS LANDSLIDE HAS BEEN MOVING FOR DECADES, BUT THE ACCELERATION THAT'S HAPPENING CURRENTLY IS BEYOND WHAT ANY OF US COULD HAVE FORETOLD. >> RESIDENTS SAY THEY HAVE