Hillside Collapses Outside Johnny Mathis' Home in Hollywood Hills

HOLLYWOOD, CA — A small hillside collapsed in the Hollywood Hills Tuesday outside the longtime home of singer Johnny Mathis. It's the second time in less than a decade that the famous singer's Hollywood Hills home was beset by disaster.

No injuries were reported in the slide, which occurred around 2:30 p.m. and damaged some landscaping and underground piping. But the dirt and rocks that slid in the 1400 block of Sunset Plaza Drive heavily damaged a parked silver Jaguar, which ABC7 reported belongs to the singer.

The station aired photos of the damaged car that it reported were provided by a representative for Mathis.

Mathis lives in an estate in the 1400 block of Stebbins Terrace, overlooking Sunset Plaza Drive. The home, which Mathis has owned for decades, was damaged in a well-publicized fire in 2015.

The hillside collapse followed a week of stormy weather that doused the Southland and caused mudslides and debris flows in some areas, closing some streets.

One lane of Sunset Plaza Drive was blocked by the collapsed hillside. Mathis' home itself did not appear to suffer much damage.

The 87-year-old singer has lived on Stebbins Terrace for decades, and he returned from a performance in 2015 to find his longtime home gutted by a fire. Even then he managed to look on the bright side.

"Those are just things, you know?" he told ABC7 at the time. "I'm a very lucky man. I could have been here, I could have been in bed, I could have had some of the people who help me with the house, so I'm very lucky."

City News Service and Patch staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.