The building continued with pricey hillside homes going up in what would become the cities of Rancho Palos Verdes and Rolling Hills. So did the landslides, which, before the recent crisis, were moving parts of the peninsula up to 8.5 inches each year.

The money, from a $5 million grant from LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn, could cover alternative energy sources, temporary housing and home hardening efforts.

Trump didn’t pledge specific monies for the landslide effort, but said if elected President again, he would help., according to Mayor John Cruikshank.

Patty Perkinson is not ready to give up on her Rancho Palos Verdes home — despite the active landslide causing untold damage and now the loss of vital utilities.

Palos Verdes residents upset at the government over of the Portuguese Bend landslide should direct their anger at Mother Nature.