Nicolas Cage Secures 4 Permits to Repair Malibu Home as 25-Foot Sinkhole Blocks Access
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Updated · Los Angeles Times · Nov 3
Nicolas Cage Secures 4 Permits to Repair Malibu Home as 25-Foot Sinkhole Blocks Access
3 articles · Updated · Los Angeles Times · Nov 3
Summary
Cage said he is "a little bit homeless" and living in hotels after a sinkhole swallowed the driveway of his Malibu home.
Four permits issued in October allow debris removal, soil excavation and sandbag installation to protect the property from further storm, wave and erosion damage.
The Sept. 8 collapse opened a 25-foot-deep, 30-by-60-foot crater on Sea Level Drive, cutting off the neighborhood's only road.
Malibu declared a local emergency and ordered 31 homes evacuated; seven were red-tagged, while the private road's homeowners association oversees repairs.
With massive sinkholes swallowing Malibu roads, are sandbags and permits enough to save luxury coastal homes from relentless natural forces?
How does a celebrity's temporary displacement highlight the growing, unavoidable threat of coastal erosion to multi-million dollar oceanfront real estate?