MUDSLIDE THREATENS MORE HOMES (3/6/1995)
HEAVY RAINS HAVE INCREASED THE LANDSLIDE THREAT IN THE COMMUNITY OF LA CONCHITA IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE VENTURA COUNTY HILLSIDE BEGAN COLLAPSING SATURDAY IN HEAVY RAINS, CRUSHING NINE HOMES UNDER TONS OF DIRT AND ROCK. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAD TO BE EVACUATED. RESIDENTS BARELY HAD TIME TO GATHER A FEW BELONGINGS BEFORE ABANDONING THEIR HOMES. FROM SANTA BARBARA TO SAN DIEGO, RAIN HAS SOAKED HILLSIDES AND FLOODED STREAMS. ONE ACCIDENT IN NEWHALL CLAIMED TWO LIVES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE COASTAL SLOPES AND FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO AND SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF, BUT ANOTHER STORM IS IN SIGHT FOR LATER IN THE WEEK.