SoCal Gas believes heavy winter rainfall has increased land movement that started in the spring of 2023.
SoCalGas planned to shut off gas Monday to residents of about 135 homes in the Portuguese Bend community of Rancho Palos Verdes due to concerns about land movement that started more than a year ago.The gas company notified residents Friday that they will indefinitely lose gas service at 9 a.m. Monday because it fears heavy winter rainfall has increased land movement that started in the spring of 2023.
"There are residents with babies, and some with elderly spouses in diapers who need access to hot water," the city said in an update.The city notified residents in February that "Movement in the Portuguese Bend, Abalone Cove and Klondike Canyon landslides has accelerated by a factor of three to four times in just the past few months compared to the entire previous year.
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