Friday, September 11th, 2026 — Coastal flooding damaged a Malibu mansion owned by actor Nicolas Cage on Tuesday, collapsing the driveway and opening a large hole in front of the Southern California home. The collapse also caused a natural-gas leak shortly before 6 a.m., bringing authorities and SoCalGas to the property.
SoCalGas reported that the leak was under control several hours later. The utility temporarily shut off natural-gas service along an 85-foot section of the street as a precaution because of coastal erosion.
The damage occurred while the Los Angeles area was under a coastal flooding advisory tied to the lingering effects of Marie. The storm had reached hurricane strength before weakening back to a tropical storm. Although Marie did not make landfall, it generated rain and dangerous waves along the Southern California coastline over the holiday weekend.
Malibu officials prohibited entry to five homes on the street Tuesday. The private neighborhood sits between the Pacific Ocean and Pacific Coast Highway, putting the affected properties along a narrow coastal corridor exposed to wave action and erosion.
For property and catastrophe adjusters, the incident presents several loss components that may require separate documentation, including damage to the driveway and surrounding property, erosion, utility damage and restrictions on access to affected homes. The reported facts do not establish insurance coverage or the extent of damage to Cage’s residence beyond the driveway collapse, so any coverage implications would depend on the applicable policy and the documented cause and scope of loss.
