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Huge Crack Along PCH Near Laguna Beach Will Take At Least $4 Million To Fix, Officials Say

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

3

First seen

Oct 20, 3:25 PM PDT

updated Oct 21, 3:21 PM PDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by Los Angeles Times, KTLA 5 and KABC-TV, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

Caltrans is working to repair a massive crack along Pacific Coast Highway near Laguna Beach in Orange County, which will cost at least $4 million to fix. The repair efforts and estimated costs were reported by KABC-TV, KTLA 5, and the Los Angeles Times.

Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 2, Oct 21, 3:58 PM PDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 20, 3:46 PM PDT · first source seenOct 21, 7:57 AM PDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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Orange County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 20, 3:52 PM PDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 21, 7:57 AM PDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.