Homes in Newport Beach were yellow-tagged Thursday afternoon following a landslide into the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve below. At least one backyard has slid completely down the bluff side.As SKYCal flew over the 1400 block of Galaxy Drive, a resident could be seen observing damage to his backyard patio as it appeared to teeter on the cliffside, without any land under it for stabilization.
'Well praise the Lord, this house has been, you know had the pilings put in, but my gosh, yeah, you can see over there like a mountain of dirt, and my husband just saw more slip down,' neighbor Karen Helberg said.City Councilmember Erik Weigand said there's not much the city can do about it as the cliffside is on the state's land. 'So the Department of Fish and Wildlife is what governs everything beyond these properties.