MONTECITO, California -- The death toll in weather-related incidents in Santa Barbara County has risen to 15 early Wednesday, after a storm led to dangerous mudflows in the Thomas Fire burn area.

(CNN) — The mud came in an instant and swept away everything in its path. Trees, homes, vehicles, even people -- nothing was spared from the rapidly flowing mud's wrath. Images taken before and after ...

At a vineyard in Los Olivos, a winemaker is using a special type of fertilizer: mud from the January 9th debris flow in Montecito. And while high levels of harmful bacteria were found in most of the ...

Seventeen people killed in devastating mudslides were identified Thursday afternoon, as hundreds of rescue workers continued to search through mud and muck for any remaining victims. Santa Barbara ...