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Landslide Destroys Sonoma County Home Rebuilt After 2017 Tubbs Fire

A couple's home on Deer Trail Court in Santa Rosa was severely damaged, possibly beyond repair, in a landslide Tuesday evening after a day of heavy rains. And, tragically, this home had been rebuilt on the burn scar left from their previous home lost in the 2017 Tubbs Fire.

Road Collapse On Highway 1 Strands Around 1,600 People In Big Sur Over Holiday Weekend

Anyone who took a daytrip to Big Sur on Saturday, or those who were perhaps spending a weekend there, were surprised to learn they were stranded Saturday evening.

Major Landslide Takes Out Cliffside Trail and Parking Lot In Humboldt County

A landslide that has been ongoing since mid-January took a dramatic turn over the weekend, reaching all the way to a trailhead parking lot where some sightseers got dangerously close to the collapsing cliff edge.

Tropical Storm Hilary Makes Landfall in Southern California Sunday, With Heavy Rains, Landslide Risk, and Evacuations

Hilary made landfall Sunday morning on the Baja California peninsula and is expected to continue north throughout the day after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday.

Big Sur Likely to Be Inaccessible From Highway 1 From the South Through the Summer as Cleanup Work Continues

The southern route into Big Sur on Highway 1 is going to be closed for the next several months, Caltrans says, in an update on the progress of work to clear debris from a major landslide that occurred this past winter.

Expensively Shored-Up Berkeley Hillside Once Again Giving Way; 14 Homes Red-Tagged Due to Another Landslide

A hillside in the Claremont Hills area of the Oakland/Berkeley Hills that has given way in wet winters before — and that has been shored up at great expense by at least two property owners over the last two decades — gave way to a significant landslide again last week.

VIDEO: Landslide Threatens Orinda Neighborhood, Pulls One House Down Hillside

After its residents were evacuated Wednesday, the home at 14 Cedar Lane slid to about 30 feet below its original position, staying mostly intact.

Commuter Train Hit By Landslide In East Bay's Niles Canyon, Passengers Evacuated

An Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) train traveling through Niles Canyon outside of Fremont on Tuesday was hit by a 100-foot landslide, sending trees and debris onto the train tracks and hitting the side of the train.

Large Boulder and Rockslide Crash Onto Highway 1 Near Devil's Slide

A great big rock and a bunch of other rocks are currently blocking the southbound lane of Highway 1 just north of the Tom Lantos Tunnels/Devil's Slide Bridge, and Caltrans says that motorists should "expect delays" in the area as they attempt to remove the rocks.

Mudslide Prompts Evacuation Warnings In Berkeley Hills, Edge of UC Campus

A mudslide Monday morning prompted a warning to avoid an area near the Clark Kerr Campus at UC Berkeley, and an evacuation warning was issued for residents near a second mudslide near Tilden Park.

Huge Landslides Shut Down Roads In Santa Cruz County, Including Southbound Highway 17

Impacts from the ongoing parade of storms continue to be most severe just south of the Bay Area in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, and on Monday, the main route into Santa Cruz from the north, Highway 17, was completely blocked by a landslide.

Day Around the Bay: Point Richmond and Niles Canyon Residents Evacuated Over Landslide Risks

Alameda County officials strongly advised residents of Niles Canyon to evacuate Wednesday; 15 homes have been evacuated in Point Richmond due to a potential landslide occurring above them; and PG&E already had 25,000 customers without power at 4 p.m.

Highway 1 In Big Sur Once Again Closes Due to Rockslide Following Weekend Rain

A frequently closed section of Highway 1 is once again closed to traffic due to debris slides caused by this past weekend's stormy weather.

Landslide in Butte County Forces Part of Highway 70 to Close (Probably for a While)

A huge landslide in the Feather River Canyon, between Jarbo Gap and Greenville Wye, has caused CHP to close Highway 70 at Deadwood Road. And judging by the size of the landslide, it's likely not to reopen anytime soon.

Highway 1 Washout Repaired, Road Reopens Months Early

The roadwork is complete in record time and Gov. Gavin Newsom was on hand for the reopening of Highway 1 today in Big Sur.

Massive Landslide In Big Sur Won't Get New Road For At Least A Year

#BigSurLandslide fly around May 27, preliminary computer animation. Roughly 13 acres of new #California land! pic.twitter.com/PoKZL5WZBI— USGS Coastal Change (@USGSCoastChange) June 1, 2017 The Mud Creek Slide in the southern

They're Just Going To Build A Road On Top Of That Big Sur Landslide

If you can't dig under a problem, you may as well climb over it. That's what Caltrans is concluding with regard to that quarter mile of Pacific Coast Highway 1 that was completely

What It's Like To Walk Around Big Sur These Days, With Almost No Cars

Into the Big Surreal: 36 Hours in California’s Isolated, Lonely Island https://t.co/Kggyi9xAQL— KQED (@KQED) June 5, 2017 California Report reporter John Sepulvado, along with a friend, decided to spend

Big Sur Landslide Added 13 Acres To Coastline

#BigSurLandslide fly around May 27, preliminary computer animation. Roughly 13 acres of new #California land! pic.twitter.com/PoKZL5WZBI— USGS Coastal Change (@USGSCoastChange) June 1, 2017 Scientists with the US Geological Survey, who

No One Knows How To Clean Up Big Sur Landslide, Or How Much It's Going To Cost

Landslide leaves engineers to ponder options for Highway 1 in #BigSur. via @kurtisalexanderhttps://t.co/H3Vkbpu8sv pic.twitter.com/5MM76W4DyJ— SFChronicle (@sfchronicle) May 26, 2017 No doubt, eventually, it will get cleaned up

Video: Massive Mudslide Cuts Off Yet Another Part Of Hwy 1 Near Big Sur

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Video: Watch A Landslide Spill Down Onto Highway 101 In Mendocino One Day After It Reopened

A section of Highway 101 in Mendocino County that has been closed twice in the last month by rockslides had just reopened Monday when the hill began giving way again Tuesday night, and

Landslides Cut Off Big Sur Tourism, Shut Down Highway 1 For Three Weeks

Significant mud- and landslides, including huge boulders and piles of rock, have cut off the community of Big Sur from the world for the second time in six months as a section of

SF PUC Might Be On Hook For Sliding Hillside After Broken Water Main Discovered

Following the news last week about a $2+ million house that had to be demolished immediately, by order of the city, because the hill it was sitting on in SF's Sherwood Forest neighborhood

House In Sherwood Forest Gets Demolished As Sliding Hillside Threatens Several Homes

Demolition work along Casitas Avenue has stopped for the day. Crews will return tomorrow. @kron4news pic.twitter.com/4hqNgz1P4C— Chuck Clifford (@chuckclifford) January 29, 2016 El Nino rains appear to be the culprit