A 3 1/2-foot boulder came crashing down from a hillside in Niu Valley just after 7 a.m., nearly missing a house and its residents.

No one was injured at the house in the 6000 block of Haleola Street, but homeowner Gary Morita, 58, was inside the bedroom and called his daughter on the phone in a panic.

"He said he heard a ripping sound and actually saw the boulder," said Traci Morita, his daughter. Traci Morita said her father and mother live at the home, although her mother was not there at the time.

The boulder scraped the side of the house, tore a hole in a path around the house, crushed a flower bed, went through a wood fence and landed on a sidewalk in front.

The city is expected to arrive to move the boulder later this morning.

Neighbors stood around the boulder taking pictures.

Morita said her family is trying to determine who owns the land above the house.