A portion of beach was closed Friday following a landslide on a bluff below homes in Laguna Beach. Part of the bluff collapsed onto the shore at 9th Street Beach, temporarily closing the area. Rocks and dirt piled up on the sand below at least two homes.

Laguna Beach city officials said a landslide was reported in the bluff area around 9:30 a.m. Authorities said there is no threat to other properties and that a geologist was on th

A large pile of rocks, dirt and debris covers the beach sand, as a portion of the cliffside above crumbled. A destroyed beach access staircase could be seen in the rubble.

A landslide has closed a popular Southern California beach and wiped out some of its titular Thousand Steps. The landslide was reported around 7:15 a.m. after a portion of the cliff tumbled down onto the beach,