Articles written by Lorelei Deluge

Lorelei Deluge, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Feb 18, 2026

A series of intense back-to-back winter storms battered Southern California this week, unleashing powerful rushing waters through the Santa Monica Channel and dislodging dozens of large concrete slabs from its aging walls. The massive blocks—part of a sacrificial concrete overlay installed in the 1970s—peeled away and were carried downstream, piling up dramatically in sections near Pacific Palisades and the confluence with Rustic Canyon. Residents living adjacent to the cha...