hillside

A portion of Pacific Coast Highway in Orange County is closed after a crack appeared in the hillside below the road, prompting closer inspection from officials after last weekend’s storms and high surf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

"Instead of water, oil comes out," said retired military officer Hector Valero Balestrini, gesturing toward a hillside where crude oozes naturally from the ground.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

A garden hose had been overflowing the pool above the hillside for an “unknown amount of time” when it caused the flooding and subsequent collapse, according to the Fire Department’s 5 p.m. update.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Yet somebody still watches, from the hillside and from the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

To get water from the stagnant reservoir, somebody had to climb down a steep eight-hundred-foot hillside, gathering their water in gourds or recycled plastic jugs.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The prospector with his pan and pickax gave way to powerful water cannons that blasted away gold-bearing hillsides, leaving behind incoherent geological arabesques that will likely outlast the pyramids.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

That’s roughly 300 acres, encompassing the parking lots, the hillsides meeting the 110 Freeway, and 149 concrete planters nicknamed “martinis” for their glass-like shape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

With his troops dug in on surrounding hillsides, the blockade lasted 1,425 days.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Just as they did in Beethoven's time, euphoric revellers still spill out onto the paths of the otherwise sleepy outskirts in the vine-lined Viennese hillsides after a few carafes of white- or red-wine spritzers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

A few trees spotted the hillsides, but most of the land had been cleared and planted.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin