A Discovery Drilling crew drills a borehole on the hillside southeast of the Beach Road landslide area. The work is part of an ongoing study on landslide risk. Max Graham photo.

The second and final phase of the Beach Road landslide geotechnical study is almost done.

The technicians drilling boreholes in the slide area hope to finish their work by the end of October. They have been taking core samples and installing underground monitors for…