Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an emergency declaration to make the state eligible for federal help and money to repair Topanga Canyon Boulevard and other major roads damaged in this year's storms.
Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency Friday to help fund badly needed repairs of roads that were battered during this year's storms, including the scenic Topanga Canyon Boulevard that was blocked by millions of tons of debris.
' Much of California was drenched with storms, with Southern California seeing more than a year's worth of rain in just a few weeks, causing mudslides floods. On Topanga Canyon Boulevard, officials said the landslide that now covers the road at mile post 1.8 on State Route 27 is more twice as large as the massive landslide that occurred in the area in the 1940s, with about 80,000 cubic yards of debris.
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