Rancho Palos Verdes dealing with landslide ‘twice as deep’ as what had been modeled, geologist says

The city of Rancho Palos Verdes is dealing with more land movement from a larger slide plane than what was previously reported, the city’s geologist said.

“What we’ve now confirmed with about 10 borings on the site, at least in the Portuguese Bend area, is that there is a landslide that’s almost twice as deep as what had been modeled,” said geologist Mike Phipps.

On Tuesday, the city council held a meeting to address the issues and discuss next steps…

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