A Laguna Beach, Calif.-based engineering company is testing the ground in historically unstable Bluebird Canyon before the city determines whether owners of 18 multimillion-dollar residences destroyed in a June 1 landslide will be allowed to rebuild. Evacuated residents of 22 homes in the tenuous "warm" zone will also find out if they are allowed to go back to their homes.
"We cant say what will be allowed to be rebuilt or even whether the slope will be remediated," says Steve May, director of public works for the City of Laguna Beach.