BREAKING NEWS L.A. Now Area destroyed by mudslides was not under mandatory evacuation order L.A. Now California: This just in LOCAL L.A. Now James Queally , Joseph Serna and Michael Livingston Contact Reporters At least five people were killed Tuesday when a rainstorm sent mud and debris coursing through Montecito neighborhoods and left rescue crews to scramble through clogged roadways and downed trees to search for victims. The deluge that washed over Santa Barbara County early Tuesday was the worst-case scenario for a community that was ravaged by the Thomas fire only a few weeks earlier. In just a matter of minutes, pounding rain overwhelmed the south-facing slopes above Montecito and flooded a creek that leads to the ocean, sending mud and massive boulders rolling into residential neighborhoods, according to Santa Barbara County ...