News...
                        sponsored by

 

Calif. homeowners sue county over sinking homes

Send a link to a friend 

[November 06, 2013]  LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) -- Residents of a Northern California subdivision where homes are sinking into a hilltop have filed a lawsuit against the county.

The lawsuit -- filed Friday -- alleges that a leaking public water system is to blame for the damage to the Lake County subdivision.

County officials have said a landscape irrigation system operated by the homeowners association may be to blame for the wet ground.

The subdivision is in the city of Lakeport and overlooks Clear Lake. Numerous homes have been destroyed or threatened by the sinking earth.

A call to the county on Tuesday was not immediately returned.

Lakeport is about 120 miles north of San Francisco.

[Associated Press]

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

< Top Stories index

Back to top