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An essentially local story out of San Diego made it onto the national news agenda because of its startling visuals. A sinkhole, 50 yards wide and 20 feet deep, appeared in the hills of La Jolla dragging a million-dollar house down a hillside and threatening as many as 50 of its neighboring homes. ABC's Brian Rooney (subscription required) was on the scene; CBS' John Blackstone narrated the story from San Francisco; NBC ran videotape with an anchor's voiceover. The homes were built 45 years ago, ABC's Rooney explained, using a now-discredited "cut and fill" technique that creates tiers of lots in unstable terraces. "California's unstable geology makes landslides a frequent worry here. A nearby fault may have weakened that slope," added CBS' Blackstone.
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