The LA Neighborhood That Fell Into the Sea | Sunken City

In the 1920s, San Pedro’s Point Fermin was a coastal paradise—bungalows perched on ocean bluffs, palm-lined streets, and Red Car trolleys connecting it all. But by 1929, the ground beneath this dream neighborhood began to shift. Cracks split sidewalks, homes tilted toward the sea, and entire streets disappeared in slow motion.

Today, this collapsed community is known as Sunken City—a forbidden ruin fenced off from the public, yet still visited by thrill-seekers and graffiti artists. In this episode, we uncover how one of Los Angeles’s most promising neighborhoods crumbled into the Pacific, and what traces remain of the lives once lived there.