Photos: Poised at edge of landslide, home is knocked down by demolition crew
LA TimesWindows and debris crash down a hillside as workers demolish a Newport Beach home on Thursday. A Newport Beach home that was badly damaged in a landslide earlier this month was demolished Thursday. The homeowner elected to have the home demolished, with the city expediting the granting of a demolition permit, said Newport Beach spokesperson John Pope. “I am deeply concerned by the hillside collapse in the Dover Shores neighborhood in Newport Beach and other storm events through my district and Orange County,” Supervisor Katrina Foley, whose district includes the Dover Shores community, said in a statement. “My hope is that there is no further sliding on the shore, but if these three homes fall, a cascading effect may happen to the 50 other homes on the bluff, and we must be prepared in case that happens.” The Orange County Board of Supervisors declared a local state of emergency in part due to the collapse of the hillside that badly damaged the home.
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