Malibu Canyon Road is closed between Civic Center Way and Piuma because of a rock slide and large boulder in the road, and Topanga Canyon Boulevard is closed between Pacific Coast Highway and Mulholland Drive due to rock slides.
Five years after mudslides killed 23 people, the entire town of Montecito was evacuated after rain pounded California. A recent independent study found floods and mudslides are no stranger to the small coastal town.
About 100 people were hunkered down Tuesday in two American Red Cross evacuation centers in Carpinteria and Santa Barbara. ManyAmong them was Chastnie Cribbs, 47, who stayed at the Carpinteria Veterans Memorial Building with her fiance Eddie Sanchez, 57, and their dog, Chica. The couple was trying to return to San Pedro after a work trip in Washington. All hotels in the area were booked.
“They were out clearing drains and stayed out through the night keeping an eye on rising creeks,” he said. Homes and other buildings were damaged or destroyed across the county, and infrastructure, including pipelines, roads and bridges, have significant damage, Jalbert said. But drier conditions were on the horizon, he said.
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