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- Several California families have been forced from their homes after a landslide destroyed 12 houses and put more in danger. KNBC's Macy Jenkins reports.
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#Landslide #California #Viral
I moved to Ca. in 1959 and have been seeing this happen most my life. I question how the building/planning departments are able to give out building permits in these areas? The stilted beach homes are even worse. Cool to look at but tend to fall down or burn down.
Corrupt officials licking their fingers for taxes . LOW LIFE real estate sales people will sell you a house on quick sand !
Massive political and economic pressure from buyers, developers and realtors overcomes all but the firmest denials from P & Z boards.
As Taylor Swift said “builders gonna build” bc that’s how they make their money.
My opinion, people want to live on the edge of a cliff but don't think how that cliff formed. Now you know why it's called " Rolling Hills estate " 😵
I find it odd that there was no signs of this when the home was inspected prior to his purchasing two months ago.
apparently the ground gave way. I guess it went from no signs to full speed ahead.
Back in the 70's I used to fly gliders up in Palos Verdes. Talked to a guy there who told me about some millionaire wanted to build a house by the cliff, the city rejected his plans telling him the land was unstable, and it was too risky to build there.
So, of course, the guy sued the city, the city gave in and gave him his permits.
A couple years later the land started to slide, his house was lost.
So what did he do?
Sued the city for granting him the permits to build there. Of course.
OMG! The audacity!
Soooo. People that built their houses on Rolling Hills were surprised when the hills started rolling?
Yooo ☠️☠️
hahahhaha
That Asian guy I'd really calm and almost cheerful in light of this disaster. Hugs to him.
Buyer beware.
haha - ya think?!?
I feel for this man, his family, and all of the families affected. So sad!
You guys know these rich people can just sell or rebuild right? These people will never ever step into a home under a million dollars and y'all losing sleep over this? These are known risks but hey they wanted to live on a mountain, looking down on everybody from their exclusive community.
Whats the bet the previous family sold it to him knowing that things weren't right with the house?
Home owners Insurance might not cover this and the rest of the others.
If the policy states contingencies that recuse the insurance company from this type of damage, then it’s not a good ending.
Million dollar homes equate to million dollar nightmares!
@@raerae6422 that was my thought! Previous owners were like... sucker ahahahaaha
@@mjh8492 bro, please read your comment to if it makes sense. Both the house and land is a total loss so the resale value is minimal. For almost all of the people this house was their biggest investment so the don’t have a few million laying around to buy a new house. Give them some compassion since their situation is real bad.
It's amazing that no one was hurt. Thank God! I hope no one lost a beloved pet either.
At the end of the day, that's all that matters!
that was my thought, in the end it seems like everyone is very lucky, considering. wishing them the best going forward.
apparently you're all kids here, when you lose your house just like that, the least you a F about is your pets or health... you clowns.
They call that neighborhood “Rolling Hills Estates” for a reason. Your estate will be rolling on those hills.
fantastic joke, poor delivery
😂😂😂😂
Rollem',rollem',rollem' keep those hills rollin', landslide!
Trust me it won't be covered by insurance. They will find some way to weasel out of it. That's what they do.
Good! They built their house on a FKing slope! I wouldn't pay them a thing!😂
State Farm still hasn't give me money for my fence and sidings from the hurricane damage yet. 🤬
This guy bout to be Epsteined for bein based 💀💀@@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245
They already did! Insurance will not cover a landslide or anything with that extreme. You are basically just paying these huge corporations for nothing.
Ugh. Scary.
Growing up in Los Angeles we each had a orange box that our important things were put in for “just in case” I have continued the same thing with my children. Everyone has a plastic tub. They have saved us so much hassle when an emergency hits.
Of course, the stupid media doesn't tell you that Palos Verdes Peninsula has been sliding for centuries! There were houses built along the cliffs that are now literally dangling ON the cliff. And that happened 30 years ago!
How did you first learn about that?
@@Ethan.s..from social media not from a network
You are speaking of the fault line that runs through PV Drive. EVERYONE knows about it. These homes are on the other side of the Hill. No where NEAR the cliffs.
Aaaahhh.. that makes sense, I did not realize that the neighborhood they showed is in Palos Verdes... I think slides have always been around in that area once they chopped off all the trees to make houses.
😢😢😢😢😢 I feel so sad for these people, how they put their life savings to have a home… then a matter of 2 months destroyed…please have compassion for these people 😢
I don't feel bad for someone stupid enough to build on a slope!
So said for those people living in $10-$20 million dollars mansion. Oh how will they survive in life?😢
@@BBradshawProductionspeople like you are the reason this world is so depressed
PV is notorious for being built on just volcanic mud and not bedrock. ANY part of the PV mountain can slide due to rain or water.
Rich people build their houses in stupid places with great veiw. Most people can bear to afford rent.
My heart goes out to these families. I grew up here, and it's just awful to see this happening. RHE (and Palos Verdes as a whole) is a beautiful community with lovely people. I know the community is rallying around them to provide support, love and care.
Insurance companies better pay up on this. Should be criminal to take money for an insurance service and then not pay when disaster strikes.
Except it's not criminal and they do it all the time.
That's a stretch because it's the land that's moving
Insurance companies should not cover homes built on unstable hillsides in a seismically active area. That's like covering homes built on floodplains with a history of annual floods or in areas where wildfires happen every summer. It would be like insuring the guy who drives his car over a cliff every week. It's stupid.
It would be covered if you have a Difference in Conditions (DIC) policy, but not a standard homeowners policy.
I don't know how they got insurance in the first place. It's not a disaster either.. Anyone could have seen this coming. Ridiculous!!
It never ceases to amaze me how people like living in danger zones.
There are people on the big island of Hawaii. Living next to volcanoes that already erupted. And living by lava tubes. The lava just keeps creeping right at them.
egggggggggggggggactly
The top states for "danger zones" (100 to over 300 disasters in the last 50 years) include Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, New York, California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Colorado. They include some of the most populous states, LOL.
Before they put up any houses, the developers built a highway to the danger zone.
No matter where you live, the dangers are still there. Fact is California is one of the milder States as far as danger goes. All the people living on the east coast have to worry about hurricanes every year. In the Midwest there's tornadoes.
16 residents misplaced from 12 home, just saw a news story 3 days ago from New Orleans where 22 people misplaced from 3 homes due to fire. Whatever the location or amount of money involved people work hard to live there this heartbreaking to watch I hope they all recover from this quickly somehow.
And it's the wealthy people who can afford a new home that get all the attention and sympathy.
@@itwasaliens😆😆😆😆😆😆
it may sound insensitive, but people who lose their houses from fires are luckier in a way because they can rebuild....these people? there's no land to rebuild on...😥😥
16 residents and 12 homes was the numbers from when this was first breaking news, there's A LOT more homes and residents affected as time has passed.
@@itwasaliensThese people aren't exactly wealthy. Just not dirt poor.
I have cousins who have lived in Rolling Hills since the 1950s. They once showed me a road on the peninsula that had to be frequently repaired because of the movement of the earth and a house on that road that was slowly being split in two. It looks like these houses that just collapsed were set precariously on a slope to begin with. The owners should sue whoever issued the permits to build there. They should have been aware of the risks in that area.
Mother Nature giveth, and Mother Nature taketh away.
Blasphemy!!
The ground could be oversaturated with moisture or tiny tremors can cause the land to move, it's a terrible situation, a lot of people don't realize lots of homes in Southern California are built on hills and slopes, especially in newer neighborhoods, hopefully the people who live there can recover
The geologists call it liquifaction. It is seen in earthquakes.
You have seen likewise in the state of Florida with the sink holes.
There really is no difference in this environment. You have the
same results. Major structural damage to homes. Imagine the
insurance policy. A total nightmare no doubt.
@@tomodonovan5931they probably have no insurance for this
There is a very real fire possibility. The gas lines (if the have them) are no doubt broken.
@@carolaguilera6014 California is pretty bad when it comes to
home insurance. Car insurance is an arm and a leg as well. I lived
there as a worry free kid in the past. But it is a huge difference being
an adult, and knowing what my parents knew when they were paying
big bucks to live there. I was an Air Force brat, so we moved from state
to state. Mostly warm states with no snow, until we moved to Kansas.
There was no yellow brick road, but I have never seen snow as deep as
Kansas since. And I experienced the blizzard of 78 in the mid west. They
made us go to school in knee deep snow. Today, they will close schools if
they see a few snowflakes falling.
These homes are in Rolling Hills Park Villas, a gated community. They range in square footage from around 1,700 square feet to over 2,800 square feet and in price from approximately $635,000 to $1,540,000. The monthly homeowners association fees are about $557/month.
California's version of the McMansion.
Those mansions are that cheap?
I thought they were $10-$20 million dollars. Because my cousin owns 2 ugly looking houses by the beach, one cost $3.5 million and the other cost $5 million. 😂
@@BBradshawProductions A three-bedroom house is not exactly a "mansion". The least expensive home in Rolling Hills Park Villas is 2,148 sq. ft. with 3BR and 2/half BA at $635K. The most expensive home is 2,338 sq. ft. with 3BR, 2/half BA, and 2-car garage at $1.54 million. The monthly homeowners association fees are about $557/month.
One of the more wealthier sections of LA. Like its own little city in a city.
@@meatpopsicle1567 nah thats like middle class at best
Two questions:
(1) Was the water-leak a result or the cause?
(2) If the insurance won't cover the event, should approval to build there have ever been given?
Shocking pictures. My sympathy to the home-owners.
That was what I was thinking too. If that water main was left broken for too long it seems like it could have been a major factor.
@@tgj5680 There was an earthquake a week prior and the water leak was a result of that. The water leak was discovered after 2 days and the water was shut off to that pipe immediately, which would have been days before the homes started falling. Initially the neighbors wondered if it was the pipe that caused this, until they realized that a crater a mile long opened up due to seismic activity and many neighboring neighborhoods were also destroyed, not just the homes on this block that were in close proximity to the water leak. The block that first reported houses falling were single family homes, but you can see in the updated videos now that a lot of the homes that started falling later are multi-family apartments from nearby neighborhoods, much farther than a water leak would have affected.
@@dooley8746 Thanks for that comprehensive answer.
The water main break may have been the first sign of the land shifting, causing cracks in the infrastructure. I don't think it was caused by shoddy work or negligent inspectors or prospectors. This is nature doing its thing.
No way insurance will cover that. I'm sorry but to get a home like that covered in a hilly area is very expensive and difficult to even get.
State Farm pulled OUT of Cali and 🤔 ?
Mother Nature really is going around checking off a list
Yah is in charge of Mother Nature.
Glad to hear that these families will be helped because a friend of mine, who bought a home in San Jose, CA, told me that homeowner's insurance does not cover home damage/destruction from natural events like landslides.
What the point of insurance then?
@@losojosdehotspanish2162 Exactly. To some degree a lot of it is a money-extorting racket and most people in California can't afford earthquake coverage.
I remember when Palo Alto, CA was flooded during the late 1990s and a flash-flood creek washed away a lot of the land of many families. The property value plummeted with all of that land square-footage washed away. Picture lots of $100 dollar bills with flapping wings flying upward. Land washed away is not covered by insurance.
@@losojosdehotspanish2162 to make a profit for the insurer
That doesn’t make any sense as a fire caused by lightning would be a natural event also and insurance would cover that.
@@leggs0312 That's what fire insurance is for.
He may not go through this alone… but chances are that not one single other person there is going to do a thing for him if insurance doesn’t cover this… which they very likely won’t.
That's exactly what I was thinking when she said "you are not gonna go through this alone."
apparently the state will bail them out
@@dalton-at-work - The state wouldn’t, ever… but the city certainly should for allowing development on unstable foundation. After all… they are the ones who green-lit this project.
It’s either that or the geological survey contractor who studied and certified everything.
I took my love, I took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
'Til the landslide brought me down
This is the same area as Portuguese Bend landslide. They knew it happened in 1950's. They know it's continuing to slide, it never stopped. Greedy developers have blood on their hands. God bless these homeowners.
It's literally called Rolling Hills Estates.
Godspeed to those people who’ve lost so much through no fault of their own.
With a estate named “Rolling Hills”. Looks like developers named it that for a reason, maybe? Sorry to anyone who has lost their home from this.
Dear landslide,
can you please take the rest of California with you?
Love,
Everyone
A crack parallel to the edge of the ravine..... it's going DOWN. That whole section. Gravity. Why people build on the edge of cliffs or on the edge of a ravine is weird, they are notorious for collapsing as part of their life cycle. I'm sure rain made it worse. Good luck, people!
I am a Californian. Lived by this area. So sad. My heart is broken for them all.
Sad to lose your home, something I would never wish on anyone. But why people buy homes near cliffs and hillsides, especially in a disaster prone state like California is puzzling. If it’s not a landslide, it’s an earthquake and if that doesn’t ruin your property, a wild fire will.
Living a nightmare of a dream. Many people knew of the risks but chose to ignore them.
What you deem "ignoring" is in fact nothing more than calculated risk. The homeowner, the government, the realtors, the bank, the neighbors, and even you before the hindsight. In other words, every person's everyday life, all a calculated risk.
The place was called "Rolling Hills", maybe there's a clue in the name about the risks of living there.
@@motorrad2 True. It is like rolling the die in Vegas, or putting that
dollar into the slot machine, and pulling the handle. Except in this
case the insurance companies are pulling your legs!
They knew the risks, that a long drought would dry out the soils, and a record rain would cause the ground to break up without an earthquake? Mmmkay.
@@motorrad2 I think the risk of you getting a stroke is very high, just from the tone of what you wrote :D the anger is strong with you :D
I'm so sorry. I do hope the county supports these families fully.. Wow...my eyes got teary. GOD bless that man and his family..
Insurance should have to cover them. Thank God no one was injured or killed, but now I pray they can recover financially
I hope when the County Supervisor says “we got you”, she really meant it, and wasn’t just talking about “emotional support”.
And as soon as cameras are off, she will blast outta there and families left to the insurance wolves.
Its window dressing, like all politicians.
You live in a state that always has disasters
The place is literally called rolling hills estates.
I have a hard time feeling sorry for rich people who bought houses on the edge of a cliff!
Then you need to do some soul searching because, irrespective of their financial situations, these are simply people experiencing a personal tragedy that deeply affects their lives. Empathy and compassion are free.
Wow...my eyes got teary. GOD bless that man and his family.
Yes sir
No worries. The insurance company will make sure the lender/ bank is made whole and the homeowner is made homeless.
That sucks. Good thing no one got hurt
The insurance companies will lose in a lawsuit. They are 100% responsible on who they decide to insure.
@@runnergo1398 except If that kind of coverage isnt in the policy that was purchased... then no.
Nobody who lives in a house like that is going to end up homeless because of this.
@@Teknomanslade2insurance companies actually recently stopped insuring certain new homes in California because of incidents like This.
It has become really easy, and a new problem with people committing insurance fraud by building new homes on unstable ground.
You seem nice.
So sad.... what a tragedy.... those homes were so beautiful.... 💔💔💔💔💔
Who issued the building permits to the construction companies and why? Tax money so they get their annual raises maybe.
don't cry for the wealthy please
Homeless encampments are safer than these homes.
It’s been happening since the 70s and you’ve never seen it before?! That hill don’t like houses!
The houses are rolling down the hill.
This is what happens to people who insist on living on the edge without doing their due diligence & not using a reputable geologist firm to do a thorough land research on the property and its surrounding area before closing the deal.
Yes, I used to be in real estate sales and was so annoyed at hearing people waiving the inspection to get offer accepted... realtors should educate the buyers , part of their job but yes , that's a major investment, do your research
Part of it is that people trust that land development companies and zoning commissions do their work actually caring about the reality rather than the almighty dollar. Zoning commissions (or whomever it is who decides if a development should be built there) don't always have the best intentions or integrity and land development companies have an absolutely abysmal record on building in unsuitable areas - and bribing zoning commissions to look the other way. People really need to quit trusting government/corporations/public entities to do the right thing.
@@jennypulczinski7204 These commissions are populated with people who knew they would fail in the private sector, so they are sucking off the tax payer teat. Why on earth ANYONE expects competence or accountability from such a bunch of beyond useless parasites is beyond me.
Yep. A $800 geotech survey saved me from losing $545,000 once. That same house remains un-inhabitable 11 years later, surrounded by houses that are now worth over 1,000,000. The sellers were hiding data too. They even tried to sue me after it, which was a joke (the judge threw the case out very early on).
Ironically, I only found out because the home owners were present during the inspections, and they tried to get me to not go to certain places and look at certain things, even yelled at me. I had to have their agent tell them to knock it off. I might not have looked, had they not been so angry, enraged and insistent that I NOT look at certain things.
@@mikeg3439 wow, good for you.. thats craziness., sounds like 800 well spent
The Area around Rolling Hills Estates has a really long history of landslides and sink holes.
Advice from my geotechnical professor years ago: Do not buy any property on a hill top or next to a hill or slope.
Or right beside a stream or a river.
It so sad. My heart goes out to all of them.😢😢
California, even the earth is telling them it is time to leave.
The horrific irony of being in "rolling hills" estates and suffering this
"Rolling Hills", sounds about right...
I'm always amazed by people who buy houses in places where no house should ever have been built
Every year. That lady saying she has never seen anything like this. Lol. It's California
Never live off a cliff side or hill.
Unless if you know for sure that it's completely rocky... no mudslides then.
The first clue should have been calling it rolling hills
The Santa Rosa supervisor said: "We will waive all construction permit fees", after we lost our homes in the Tubbs Fire.
HE LIED!
The fees were $45K to rebuild 3 bed 2 bath 1500sq ft. homes.
We left CA!
The wealthy people in LA may have the best views living in these hills, but when it comes to natural hazards, they are living in the worst regions possible, when it comes to flash floods, landslides and fires. They are always the most affected 🤷♂️
Depends on how big & how long that water leak was.
That area does NOT look ravaged by fire thus rain × lack of vegetation
Moral of Story: never buy a house next to canyon
We call them sink holes not land slides where I live. Houses just sinking into the earth. British Columbia, Canada
Maybe the name of the town should have been taken seriously when people purchased a home there,
We allow development in the most terrible locations: clay slopes, flood plains, river banks, etc. What could go wrong? 😮😢
Build a house on the side of a hill....what could go wrong ??
Remember the 90s when everybody was talking about California just falling off some day
My heart goes out to all those affected by this horrible situation 😪
right! forget about the homeless living in tents on the street.
Oh, this is bad for the homeowner. This is "land movement", and like earthquakes will not be covered under the standard homeowner policy. Coverage for this would have fallen under an explicit "earth movement" policy, which few even know about and nobody has.
For those in CA, read your coverage.
By the way, note that the city guy in the hard hat even said, "... this is caused by land movement". That sure doesn't help. This will come up in the inevitable lawsuit, which the homeowner will probably lose.
Lastly, the city official telling the guy, "we've got you." Right... I think temporary housing vouchers is going to be the extent of that.
Cliffs behind the houses? These Americans, they are always incredible.
Oh great now I can't stop hearing Paul Simon's "Slip Sliding Away" in my head.
Insurance? That’s a joke, the companies have already decided to deny any claim based on some technicality like, your house was 90 feet from the ravine it should have been 91 feet.
This is what happens when builders construct homes in areas known to be unstable and/or prone to landslide, earthquake, fires, flooding, tornado, hurricane etc... It might not happen today or tomorrow, but the clock is always ticking.
Wonder who was supposed to test the ground they were built on?
These people who live in rolling hills estates have ridiculous amounts of money. These are all probably rental summer homes.
I'm so sorry. I do hope the county supports these families fully.
own fault for buying a expensive house then cry about knowing cali is a disaster
Yes they did. Didn't you see the pat on the back the one homeowner got . That helps the whole situation
those are million dollar homes and insured or the owners are collectively fools
So you feel the taxpayers in the county should pay for this? Why?
@@richardschneider4775 fools beacause insurance companies wont usually pay for stupidity
Insurance companies being like good thing we didn’t had this kind of damages on the contacts 😈😈😈 looking forward on sending you the next bill....always good doing business with you I mean the neighborhood.
Here’s a good thought: build a house on a steep hill with several more side-by-side. But wait, these homes with their brick roofs can weigh in at +/-650,000 lbs (live load) or +/-320 tons. What could possible go wrong?
Millionaire home… they’ll be alright 😎
"You know the landslide brought...me down?"
(Stevie Nicks)
overpriced California homes are really crumbling...
insurance companies are like casinos... the house always wins !
Who would've thought building on the edge of a cliff would ever be a bad idea. Shucks.
Where's the video showing landslide destroy homes? So much click bait nowadays
Janice Hahn speaks with blinding wisdom.
California, you had fires, you had snow , you had rain, you had earthquakes… no wonder home insurance prices are skyrocketing over there.
Home with a view has risks... this is one of them !
No wonder it’s called “Rolling Hills” something more than meets the eye is going on there.
Saddest part: No insurance carriers cover land movement and will not pay a dime, meanwhile the land is now valueless…..my friend found this out the hard way…..
20 minutes to pack up your life....
This is a known slide area. The developer should have never been granted permits to build.
The homeowners... if you are smart enough to have a million plus to spend on a home you should be smart enough do some research.
Rolling Hills lives up to it's name.
Rolling Hills?! Yeah, I'd say...
Sadly, there is no homeowners insurance for earth movement in California. I learned this lesson the hard way.
In Dunedin,NZ 30 houses were lost in the 70's
The irony of these homes sliding in a place called “Rolling Hills”.
Lord Bless that man. Life takes some bad turns. We have all be there in one way or another. Sorry he is going through this.
Good old insurance companies, always there when you don't need them. Instead of two hands they give you the middle finger.
Insurance nightmare
That guy only moved in two months ago, to what he thought would be their forever home and now this. AND the insurance may not cover their loss??!! Horrifying.
Imagine building excessively large houses on a cliff side and being surprised that the cliff couldn’t contain the excess. Lol
exactly---just like years ago when i lived in NC---all those 3 million dollar houses getting demolished by hurricanes then next start crying about money----get outtta here! why is my tax dollars gonna help rebuild your house cuz your stupid
Imagine looking at yourself in the mirror and realizing what a hateful, rude post you made on TH-cam.
Natural disaster should cover this kind of stuff
Did they know the hills might roll and move in a place that was named "Rolling Hills"?