Rancho Palos Verdes Officials to Consider Emergency Declaration After Power Cut Off in Landslide Threat

Rancho Palos Verdes City Council will hold a special meeting on Sept. 3 to consider declaring a local state of emergency after the city’s electricity provider shut off power to hundreds of residents threatened by a landslide. City council members are expected to hear a report from Southern California Edison at the meeting. The utility shut off power to more than 100 homes in the Southern California coastal city on Monday as a landslide threatened equipment in the area. Residents in the Seaview area were notified during the holiday weekend that 47 homes would be without power for at least one day, while 38 could lose power for up to three weeks....