Life on a Bucking Landslide on the Portuguese Bend

“It reminds me of the Wild West. People are just saying screw it, I’m going to do what I need to do.” — Geologist Mike Phipps by Chelsea Sektnan When Southern California Edison cut power to 140 Portuguese Bend homes, and the sewage system on September 1, resident Guy Grant brought in three generators from […]

Life on a bucking landslide: Dave Zelhart and the people of Portuguese Bend

“It reminds me of the Wild West. People are just saying screw it, I’m going to do what I need to do.” — Geologist Mike Phipps by Chelsea Sektnan When Southern California Edison cut power to 140 Portuguese Bend homes, and the sewage system on September 1, resident Guy Grant brought in three generators from […]

Your Utility Company Is Not Cutting You Off

Scammers are targeting older residents of Hermosa Beach, especially senior citizens who live alone, as well as small business owners, and threatening to shut off their power or gas unless they paid some fictitious unpaid utility bills. Most of the victims targeted are customers of Southern California Edison, the primary electricity supply company for much […]