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The city of Carlsbad will pay $12.5 million to residents of the La Costa de Marbella condominium complex to settle lawsuits stemming from a landslide that destroyed eight condos in March 2005...Homeowners of the 58-unit condo complex, on the south side of La Costa Avenue east of El Camino Real, sued, saying city pipes that ran under the project's driveway gushed water into the ground, causing it to cave beneath the eight condos. The slide also lifted the sidewalk along La Costa Avenue.