Overview
- City monitoring shows ground in parts of Portuguese Bend moving roughly 2 inches per week, up from about 1.5 inches in recent months.
- February measurements reported Abalone Cove averaging about 2.24 inches per week and Portuguese Bend about 1.5 inches per week.
- A newly released heat map displays monthly expansion of the active area since September 2025 with a notable jump between December and February.
- The City Council is set to weigh 60-day extensions of a local emergency declaration and a Palos Verdes Drive South motorcycle prohibition.
- About 400 homes have been affected, more than 20 are red-tagged, and many residents have lacked gas and electricity for over a year, with Southern California Edison indicating service could be reconsidered if movement slows to historic rates.