STORMS HAMMER REGION; HOUSE, HISTORIC OAK AMONG DAMAGES.Byline: Yvette Cabrera and Eric Moses Daily News Staff Writer High tides and surf caused one house to topple into the Pacific and threatened other homes north of Malibu on Sunday as residents braced for a heavy surf advisory this morning. The latest storm, short but intense, dumped 1.8 inches of rain at the Civic Center, and contributed to the demise of a historic oak in Encino and the death of a Chatsworth man. Heavy surf began pounding homes along Trancas Beach, just north of Zuma Beach, earlier Sunday, causing one house at 31360 Broad Beach Road to fall into the ocean and heavily damaging the porches of two others. No one was injured. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County fire crews helped move furniture from the damaged homes, but there was nothing they could do to thwart the waves. Bill Rubenstein, a long-time Trancas Beach resident, had walked over to check out the house in the early afternoon when he heard ominous creaking creak intr.v. creaked, creak·ing, creaks 1. To make a grating or squeaking sound. 2. To move with a creaking sound. n. A grating or squeaking sound. noises. ``It looked like it was being pushed over by a bulldozer,'' he said. ``It tilted and caved in and fell onto the beach,'' Rubenstein said. The owners, who neighbors said use the home on weekends, were unavailable for comment. Rosemary Bauer, who has lived on Trancas Beach since 1953, spent an anxious Sunday, sandbagging Sandbagging is the practice of deceptively portraying oneself as being in a weaker position than is true.
``I've lived here over 40 years, and this is the worse we've had,'' Bauer said. During high tide, the waves came right up to her patio. ``It's stronger than we are,'' Bauer said of the storm. Late Sunday, the surf was lapping against homes up and down the beach. ``Malibu is God's front door, and he doesn't want anybody building on his front door,'' said Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Mike Holland. ``He's trying to burn it down, flood it out and knock it down with waves.'' The latest storm brought the season's total rainfall to 14.75 inches, well above the norm of 8.72 inches. Damage stretched from Acton, where firefighters in a helicopter rescued a man trapped in a flood, to Encino, where a 1,000-year-old oak tree was uprooted. More thunderstorms thunderstorms a storm characterized by thunder and lightning caused by strong rising air currents; identified as agents of animal disease because of their involvement causing (1) spasmodic colic; (2) lightning strike; (3) injuries of cattle acquired in stampedes initiated by storms. were expected to hit the Southland late Sunday, but the rainfall was expected to be considerably less than last week's storms, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. meteorologist Bill Hoffer ``For the most part it's going to be a lot less intensive than it was before,'' said Hoffer, who predicted total rainfall would be less than half an inch along coastal areas and up to an inch in the mountains. Partly cloudy Partly Cloudy is an industrial band based in Hollywood, California. Band members
More showers and thunderstorms were predicted through Wednesday, with a heavy surf advisory until 10 a.m. today. An 84-year-old Chatsworth man was killed early Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
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Sgt. Ed Wheelis, of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Division said Frank Retz was killed about 1:30 a.m. when a car he was riding in plunged 50 feet over the edge of the road and landed on its roof in the rushing waters. It was unclear if the road gave way earlier that night or as the car crossed. Retz, whose TV credits included the series ``Zorro zorro: see fox. Zorro masked swordsman, defender of weak and oppressed. [Am. Lit.: comic strip (1919); Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 794; TV: Terrace, II, 461–462] See : Disguise ,'' was being driven home from a night of dancing by Andrew Gattuso, 70, and Gattuso's wife, Helen, 69, when they passed over a private paved road spanning a ravine, according to authorities and broadcast reports. The Gattusos survived the crash and were able to climb out of the wreck. The couple crawled up the wash in the downpour and made it to Retz's home where they tried to call for help, Wheelis said. ``They had to break into (Retz's) house to call 911, but the phone didn't work because power was cut,'' said Wheelis. The couple then trekked back to the other side of the wash and hours later were able to wave down a motorist, who called for help at about 7:30 a.m. The man and woman, who appeared to be in good condition, were airlifted to Granada Hills Community Hospital to be examined. Teams of more than 100 searchers, meanwhile, worked throughout the day near Wrightwood in the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los to locate a 14-year-old snowboarder who had strayed away from a ski area Saturday. Jeff Thornton, 14, of Brawley was last seen by his 30-year-old uncle after the two wandered off the marked trail of a ski area just west of Wrightwood, 50 miles northeast of Los Angeles. Daily News Staff Writer Bhavna Mistry and Daily News wire services contributed to this story. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (color) City work crews Sunday saw up a 1,000-year-old oak tree in Encino that came crashing down Saturday night. See Page 3. David Sprague/Daily News |
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