SAN DIEGO — A Clairemont man is concerned about erosion behind his home, just days after CBS 8 reported on a landslide about a mile away.
"It's not only long, but it's deep," said Duane, who asked that we not use his last name.
Duane has lived in his Clairemont home for more than 35 years. He's never had any erosion issues until this past winter, following some heavy rain storms.
"It was on the 22nd," Duane said. "I looked over the fence and there was this big ravine slide that happened right below the palm tree."
Duane's fence backs up to Tecolote Canyon, specifically an easement owned by SDG&E, which has high power lines there.
He reported what he thought was a small landslide to them, and said while they sent someone out immediately and told him they'd be following up, he's heard nothing since.
“I'd like to see somebody come back here at least take a look at it. But so far, nobody has responded. Nobody's called. Nothing," Duane said. "And sure they could have come down here and I may not have seen it, but I'm sure they should have notified me and let me know what's going on."
After reaching out to SDG&E, they sent a team of engineers to survey the area.
“This is the perfect opportunity for San Diego Gas and Electric to partner with CBS 8 to put some minds at ease,” said Anthony Wagner, a spokesperson for SDG&E.
Wagner said at this point, there's no threat to Duane's home, but SDG&E will continue to monitor the situation.
“This is not a landslide. This is very purposely from water erosion, normally from the large deluge from our storm, and there's a good chance that all of the gopher holes at the top of that are responsible for the localized erosion in that area,” said Wagner.
New growth over the past few weeks has covered up part of area. Duane said it's what you can't see that concerns him the most.
“He (SDG&E employee) walked around, took pictures of it, and he walked up into it. And that's when I realized how deep it is. Because when he walked up into it, he was like, up to his waist,” said Duane.
He's worried the problem could grow and take out his back fence, like what happened to one of his neighbors, who lost his fence recently just four blocks away off of Boyd avenue.
CBS 8 flew our drone over it to show just how big that problem is.
Last week, we highlighted a landslide off of Clairemont Drive, causing even greater concern for Duane.
Duane is glad the problem is finally being addressed, saying he'd rather something be done now before it's too late.
"If we get the rains like we've had in January and February, it can be pretty rough," said Duane.
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