EVERYBODY WELCOME TO THE NEWS AT 7 CHAMBER AND HI THERE I'M COURTNEY FRIEL IN TONIGHT FOR KAREEN WYNTER CAP STORY AT 7 HOMEOWNERS IN RANCHO PALACE VERDES NEIGHBORHOOD. >> ARE STRUGGLING WITH SHIFTING LAND AND THEY ARE DEALT WITH ANOTHER BLOW TODAY JUST A MONTH AFTER THEY LEARNED THAT THEIR GAS WAS GETTING SHUT OFF. THEIR LIGHTS NOW ARE GOING OUT INDEFINITELY AND THAT'S LED TO AN EVACUATION WARNING AND JULIE CAUCUS HAS REACTION NOW FROM SOME OF THOSE WEARY RESIDENTS. >> YEAH WE SPOKE WITH NEIGHBORS WHO SAY THEY ARE FRUSTRATED NOT NECESSARILY THAT THE POWER IS GOING BUT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GIVEN ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE TODAY THE BAD NEWS JUST KEPT COMING. WITH 24 HOURS NOTICE RESIDENTS IN THE PORTUGUESE BEEN NEIGHBORHOOD OF RANCHO PALACE VARITIES WERE WARNED BY SOCAL EDISON ON SATURDAY THAT THEIR POWER WOULD BE SHUT OFF. >> INDEFINITELY INDEFINITELY AND WITH. >> NO WARNING TO SUFFICIENTLY PREPARE JUST IN MONS ON SAYS HIS PLAN TODAY WAS TO CUT DOWN A TREE INSTEAD JUMPED INTO ACTION AND WERE TASKED WITH GETTING GENERATOR SECURED. AND WHILE THE OFFICIAL NOTICE CAME TODAY, JUSTIN SAYS NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN PLEADING FOR HELP AS LANDSLIDES HAVE BEEN AN INCREASING PROBLEM THE OVERWHELMING SENSATION. I FIRST READ THE EMAIL FROM EDISON IS FRUSTRATION 135 DAMAGED HOMES HAD THE GAS SHUT OFF LAST MONTH DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS THEN A SEWER SPILL THIS WEEK AND THE FINAL STRAW 2 DAYS AGO A FIRE IN THE AREA FURTHER DAMAGED ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT LEADING TO TODAY'S NOTICE. REGGIE KUMAR SPOKESPERSON WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON SAID QUOTE WE KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME FOR RANCHO PALOS VARITIES AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN KEEP THE POWER SAFELY FLOWING AT THIS POINT LAND MOVEMENT IN RANCHO PALACE VERY DAYS HAS CREATED SUCH A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT WE MUST MAKE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO DISCONNECT POWER TO A 140 RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS INDEFINITELY DO I FEEL THAT THAT'S A REALISTIC AMOUNT OF TIME ABSOLUTELY NOT RANCHO PALACE VARITIES MAYOR SAID TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE THE CITY'S SEWAGE SYSTEM IS RUN ON ELECTRICITY WATER SEWAGE CANNOT BE EJECTED FROM THE HOME SAFELY AND PROPERLY AND SO THEN BECOMES A SANITATION AND HEALTH ISSUE MEANING RESIDENTS OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND FOR WAR AND THEY HAVE TO EVACUATE HONESTLY THE GAS WAS A HUGE BLOW BIT. >> LOSING ELECTRICITY TAKES US ALL TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL BUT DESPITE THE WARNING AND OFFERS FOR ALTERNATIVE HOUSING JUSTIN SAYS THIS. >> IS HIS HOME MY SON LOVES INSECTS AND BIRDS AND ANYTHING THAT REPTILES ANYTHING THAT HE CAN GET HIS HANDS ON. I WOULD LIKE TO STAY AND A HOME. >> NOW THE MAYOR IS HOLDING AN EMERGENCY MEETING THIS TUESDAY BEFORE THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MEANWHILE IMPACTED RESIDENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO COME HERE TO TH