Crumbling Hillside Slides Onto Pacific Palisades Home

A family and a neighbor were displaced after a hillside gave way and slid into a home Sunday evening in Pacific Palisades.

Just before 8 p.m. a family was surprised after a hillside behind their home began falling into their home on Las Lomas Avenue. Mud and debris began falling even causing damage to another neighbor's backyard.

"I had gone to see my son, then I went to do some shopping and when I got here to the house, I took the trash out and I saw some cracks," said Leon Faynsod, a resident in the home for 15 years. "I didn't pay attention, I had to go out again. I came back the second time and the ground was 18 inches below."

This incident comes after Southern California has been hit by several winter storms that have brought heavy rainfall and snow. The ground remains very saturated and could take weeks to dry.

"The concern is if it keeps sliding down, eventually it will go down my footings and once it gets underneath the footings, we're done," Faynsod said.

The family of eight was evacuated along with another neighbor. No injuries were reported.

Authorities will be sent to the home Monday to assess all the damage ahead of another incoming storm to the region.

"I'm going to put some plastic to cover the area, try to minimize the moisture," Faynsod said, ahead of the next storm.

Faynsod said that in all his years of living in the area he has never thought about landslides being an issue of concern.

Authorities encourage residents who live near slops to keep a watchful eye because mudslides and hillsides can give out days or weeks after a storm.

Deep-seated landslide warning signs:

• New cracks in the soul, structural shifts in home
• New springs, excess surface erosion
• Unusual rumbling sounds or noises
• Broken water/gas lines, noises in plumbing