Amidst the wrenching devastation caused by ongoing landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes, local resident Mike Towle was overcome with emotion upon seeing the jeopardy facing his family’s home, a residence built on his father’s lifetime of savings from his career as a school teacher at Torrance High School.
The Towle family, like many others in the community, is grappling with the sudden reality of displacement and the potential loss of their lifelong investment following accelerated land movement in the area that poses an imminent threat to public safety.
Towle, whose emotions broke through in an interview with FOX 11’s Gigi Graciette, shared his family’s plight as the ground beneath their beloved homestead continued to fracture.
“I don’t know if there’s an insurance claim to be had,” Towle remarked, the gravity of loss evident in his voice.
“My dad worked his whole life to buy here.”
The Towle residence stands on a dramatically fractured landscape within the Greater Portuguese Landslide Complex.
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Newsom Rancho Palos Verdes landslide: More homes impacted by power shutoffs 140 Rancho Palos Verdes have power shut off due to landslide issues; evacuation warnings issued Gigi Graciette, reporting from the field, captured the heartache of the situation.
It is enough to make a grown man cry,” Graciette said, conveying the pain felt by Towle and his family over the airwaves.
Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Rancho Palos Verdes on Tuesday, emphasizing the acceleration of land movement as a public safety hazard that has disrupted utilities and initiated evacuation warnings.
When Mike Towle, a local, saw the threat to his family’s home—a house that was constructed with his father’s lifetime of savings from his employment as a teacher at Torrance High School—amid the heartbreaking destruction caused by the continuous landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes, he became extremely upset.
The Towle family is dealing with the abrupt reality of being uprooted and possibly losing their lifetime investment due to increased land movement in the area that poses a serious risk to public safety, much like a lot of other residents in the community.
Towle revealed his family’s situation as the foundation of their cherished homestead continued to crumble in an interview with FOX 11’s Gigi Graciette, revealing his true feelings.
Towle said, sounding visibly distraught, “I don’t know if there’s an insurance claim to be had.”. “My father gave his entire life’s work to afford this. “.”.
Standing amidst the Greater Portuguese Landslide Complex, the Towle residence is situated on a strikingly fractured terrain. Direct effects on the daily lives of those households have resulted from Southern California Edison cutting off power to a number of locations, including 140 homes in Portuguese Bend and 105 homes in the Seaview Community.
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Reporting from the scene, Gigi Graciette captured the situation’s heartbreak. It’s your mother. Your family resides there. Graciette expressed the suffering experienced by Towle and his family on the radio, saying, “It’s enough to bring a grown man to tears.”.
Tuesday saw the declaration of a state of emergency for Rancho Palos Verdes by Governor Gavin Newsom, who emphasized that the rapid land movement posed a risk to public safety, disrupting utilities and triggering evacuation warnings. On August 29, a major shift in the land led to the failure of utility lines, which started a brush fire. SCE then turned off the power in an attempt to prevent further damage and to safeguard the community.
