Cracks and fissures along a San Pedro coastal road

Pipes have already fallen into the ocean from a coastal bluff on Paseo del Mar in San Pedro on Monday, November 14, 2011.  (Christina House / For The Times)

Paseo Del Mar is cut off where Los Angeles County Department of Public Works crews are diverting huge storm drain pipes.
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Officials don’t know how much farther the ground is going to shift.
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Engineer Mector Bordas makes his way along Paseo Del Mar, where a fence, center, moved about 2 feet to the right during a recent weekend.
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Work crews are keeping a watchful eye and taking daily measurements as the land creeps seaward.
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A dirt loader moves pulverized asphalt behind a dip on Paseo Del Mar.
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Early in Paseo Del Mar’s closure, the road was open to pedestrians. Now pedestrian traffic has been blocked as well.
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