O.C. Supervisors declare local state of emergency amid havoc wrought by winter storms
LA TimesA Newport Beach home at 1930 Galaxy Drive as seen from Back Bay, has been red-tagged after the backyard succumbed to a landslide. The ground continues to shift near the site of a landslide that consumed the backyard of a home in Dover Shores, prompting the Orange County Board of Supervisors to declare a state of emergency Tuesday with more rain forecast in the region through Wednesday. Winter storms have caused $1.6 million in damage to Seal Beach Pier and destroyed a lifeguard tower in Laguna Beach worth around $96,000, representatives for Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley wrote in a statement. The backyard of a Dover Shores home fell into upper Newport Bay days after rain had soaked the bluff in Newport Beach. So far, the landslide appears to have been a “localized issue,” Newport Beach spokesman John Pope said Tuesday.
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