More Homes in Rancho Palos Verdes to Lose Gas Service

Published on September 6, 2024

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif.—Another 54 homes impacted by continuing land movement in Rancho Palos Verdes will lose natural gas service Sept. 6, further adding to the woes faced by residents in danger of losing their homes entirely due to the slide. According to the Southern California Gas Co., gas service will be cut off at 3 p.m. Friday to 29 homes in the western Seaview area and 25 homes in the Portuguese Bend Beach Club. In a statement, the utility said a “sudden gas line break” occurred Aug. 30 on Exultant Drive in the Seaview area, and as a result “there is no way to safely continue gas service to 16 homes on Admirable Drive, eight homes on Dauntless Drive and five homes on Palos Verdes Drive.”...

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