Tom Keefer can only describe the last few weeks in their Rancho Palos Verdes neighborhood as a nightmare.
Cut off from vital utilities for more than a month while living on the active landslide whose limits have yet to be determined , Keefer and his wife have seen their lives upended by the escalating emergency in ways they never could have foreseen.
Beyond the closed roads , damaged homes and transformed landscapes caused by the devastating and ongoing land movement, they have found themselves struggling to safely store food and secure stable power while running repeatedly to the gas station for more ice and propane to keep their house, and lives, afloat.
“We have scrambled,” Keefer, 67, said. “Not only is it stressful emotionally, but it’s stressful financially.”…