A body was recovered in the Sunken City coastal ruin in San Pedro Tuesday evening.
Firefighters responded at approximately 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to the 500 block of West Paseo Del Mar to reports of an individual in a body of water, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The unidentified victim was recovered and pronounced dead at the scene.
Details about how the victim ended up in the body of water remain limited, as the Los Angeles Police Department continued investigating the death.
The Sunken City is the site of a natural landslide that occurred in the Point Fermin area of San Pedro, beginning in 1929. A slump caused several beachside homes to slide into the ocean.
The area is fenced off and not open to the public.
According to to the San Pedro Historical Society and the San Pedro History Museum – sunken city was NOT created by natural landslide. Nor did any homes slide into the ocean. Nor was it 1929
Go to the websites to find the facts. 1932-34. San Pedro Natural Gas company dynamited the area Created shifting cliffside. The gas company went bankrupt due to paying for all the relocating of the nearby homeowners. The museums have the photos of the homes moved back and put on stilts. There was the Red Line railroad tracks on the cliffs too. The incompetence of engineers back then added more weight with pouring concrete that caused more sinking. It was all MAN MADE PROBLEM. It currently is maintained by CA Coastal Conservancy. Which opposes any public restrictions There is no straight drop to the bottom from the 200 ft cliffs edges. Many levels
Straight drop area is Pt Fermin park and at end of South Pacific Ave where this body was found
https://www.sanpedroheritagemuseum.org/