King Solomon lives in Encino?

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-slide12feb12,0,1337124.story


Hilltop house in Encino may slide into neighboring structures



Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times
Armando Hogan of the Los Angeles City Fire Department briefs reporters on the condition of a home on Skytop Road in Encino that is in danger of sliding down a hillside into other homes. City says groundwater saturation could have caused slope to slip.


By Andrew Blankstein and Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

February 12, 2008

A hilltop Encino home on a street of million-dollar residences with panoramic views split in two Sunday night and threatened to slide into neighboring houses Monday, authorities said. The foundation of the house, which was unoccupied and undergoing renovation, apparently cracked after flooding erupted in the 15000 block of Skytop Road. The flooding may have been caused by groundwater saturation, city officials said. Four homes below the damaged property were in danger, fire officials said, and two had been red-tagged, meaning no one was allowed inside. Geologists, seismologists and engineers spent much of Monday examining the home and surrounding hillside in an attempt to determine the rate of slippage. They also sought to determine if they could reduce the weight of the house. "Any additional weight could cause that thing to slide or fall," Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman d'Lisa Davies said.

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