MONTECITO, Calif. - The specialized ring nets of woven metal hanging across some Montecito creeks will be coming out soon. They were installed after the deadly mudflow event that took 23 lives on ...

Regarding the ring nets installed in the canyons above Montecito in response to the disastrous mudslide of January 9, 2018: As the executive director of an environmental organization in Santa Barbara, ...

It is with great disappointment to inform you that when the five-year emergency permits expire, the Project for Resilient Communities will need to remove the six debris flow “Swiss nets” in the ...

MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — A system of nets intended to catch boulders and other debris during rainstorms in a California hillside community devastated by mudslides five years ago has been removed over ...