Road closed near Moss Beach Distillery because of “subsidence”

Ocean Blvd between Los Banos and San Lucas Ave [Google satellite map] has been closed by the county because of "subsidence".  The area has been zoned "Design Review—Geologic Hazard" for years, according to Neil Cullen, San Mateo County Director of Public Works. Even before the recent activity, Ocean Blvd was a very uneven surface.

This area, which rises more than 100 feet above the elevation of the Half Moon Bay Airport, is a "fault scarp" of the Seal Cove Fault. Cullen says that although the weather has dried up, there is still a great deal of water moving underground in the area and the county won’t be able to assess the situation until the ground is drier.