Ten oceanfront homes have now been red-tagged and another seven yellow-tagged in Dana Point’s Capistrano Bay due to high tides and coastal erosion brought on by the remnants of Hurricane Marie, city officials announced Monday.
A local emergency has been declared along Beach Road as land along the coast continues to crumble.
The city said this may just be the beginning of the damage the coastline will see as Southern California begins to feel the impacts from El Niño conditions ahead of the winter season.
Sky5’s Rich Prickett was over Dana Point Tuesday morning, where contractors could be seen working to fortify the sea wall to protect the remaining homes…