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The latest in a string of Pacific storms blamed for at least 12 deaths soaked California on Monday, prompting evacuations of some 25,000 people, including the entire town of Montecito and nearby ...

The flood disaster in Texas claimed dozens of lives. Extreme floods also bring dangers in parts of California, although ...

The entire city of Montecito was under an immediate evacuation order, as were portions of Carpinteria, Summerland, and Santa Barbara. Montecito was the site of deadly mudslides in 2018.

No one knows for sure if Oprah Winfrey authorized the new boulder wall at the creek near her multi-million dollar Montecito estate, but neighbors worry it could send floodwaters their way.

Montecito suffered a devastating mudslide in 2018. Now the community has rallied to try to make sure the same thing will never happen again.

Trying to understand the allure of a place that’s home to Oprah, the self-exiled royals, a celebrity juicer, Katy Perry’s dad — and the New American dream.

Ellen DeGeneres is sharing her experience as she shelters at home amid life-threatening flash flooding in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Ellen DeGeneres shared a frightening clip of rushing flood waters around her home in Montecito, California, which has been put under mandatory evacuation following heavy rainstorms. “Montecito ...

At least 17 fatalities have been attributed to the onslaught of storms that began in late December.

The entire community of Montecito and surrounding canyons were ordered to evacuate Monday amid a deluge of rain that has flooded roads and swollen waterways in the Santa Barbara County area.