Nicolas Cage home faces race against time as sea wall fails and extreme measures deployed to save neighborhood
Nicolas Cage’s $10.5 million Malibu mansion is at the center of a coastal emergency after pounding surf and high tides triggered the collapse of beachfront driveways, forcing officials to red-tag five homes as crews race against the clock to save the neighborhood.The City of Malibu declared a local emergency Tuesday evening as officials continue to deal with a massive sinkhole.“An evacuation order is in effect for all affected properties.
Sheriff Deputies have notified residents in person, and a digital alert has been issued,” a statement read.The problems include areas around Pacific Coast Highway in the Palisades Fire burn area and Westward Beach “due to strong waves and high tides.”The crisis unfolded Monday morning on a private road in the 31600 block of Sea Level Drive near Point Lechuza.Five beachfront homes were red-tagged, according to CBS, meaning entry is prohibited, after their driveways collapsed “due to coastal erosion from the high tides and high surf.”SoCal Gas officials said crews were notified around 5:45 a.m.
about damage to natural gas infrastructure caused by a sinkhole.Workers discovered damage to a half-inch natural gas line and safely stopped the flow.Repairs are underway, and residents and businesses in the area may notice a natural gas odor while the work continues, SoCal Gas said.Now the race is on to hold back the ocean.At least 15 concrete trucks descended on the exclusive gated community off Broad Beach Road as crews from the City and third parties scrambled to plug a failed seawall and shore up a roughly 30-by-30-foot hole where the driveway once stood, with asphalt and concrete cracked apart and collapsed toward the enclosed garage.The damage is near Cage’s four-level, 3,938-square-foot residence at 31630 Sea Level Drive.Because the road is private, the trucks must go in one at a time to dump concrete into the collapse.Workers are racing to fill the hole before the evening high tide arrives and potentially washes awa...