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California highway swamped

by deadly mudslides reopens

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. storm brought down boul- service to get around the
(AP) — A coastal Califor- ders and trees from hillsides closure.
nia highway swamped in Montecito made bare With many surface streets
by deadly mudslides re- by last month’s wildfires. At also impassable, for a time
opened Sunday after a least 21 people were killed the only other ground route
nearly two-week closure and hundreds of homes into the Los Angeles area
that caused traffic head- were destroyed or dam- — located 90 miles (145 ki-
aches across the region, aged. A 17-year-old boy lometers) down the coast In this Friday, Jan. 19, 2018 photo, Caltrans and other workers
continue their around-the-clock efforts to clean-up and repair
state officials said. and 2-year-old girl remain — was a series of smaller the damaged section of US 101 in Montecito, Calif., that was
Traffic began moving missing. mountain highways that closed following flooding on Jan. 9. California officials say key
again on U.S. 101 in Santa Crews worked around added more than three coastal highway swamped by deadly mudslides has reopened
Barbara County shortly af- the clock clearing drain- hours to the trip.q Sunday, Jan 21, 2018, after nearly 2-week closure.
ter noon, according to Jim age areas, stabilizing em-
Shivers, spokesman for the bankments and repairing
California Department of guardrails and signs. They
Transportation. Officials also cleaned and swept
had promised a day ear- the highway.
lier that the highway would During the U.S. 101 shut
be open again in time for down, Amtrak added ad-
the Monday morning com- ditional cars to its route
mute. between Santa Barbara
All lanes were inundated and points east as travelers
Jan. 9 when a powerful increasingly relied on rail
No Texas probes

involving California

torture suspects

Louise Anna Turpin smiles as she appears in court with her
attorney Jeff Moore for an arraignment in Riverside, Calif.,
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Associated Press
RIO VISTA, Texas (AP) — An of torture, child abuse and
official in Texas says au- false imprisonment. The
thorities there had no re- couple moved to Califor-
ports involving the couple nia from near Fort Worth,
charged in California with Texas, in 2011. Patrick Crim-
shackling and starving 12 mins with the Texas Depart-
of their 13 children. ment of Family and Protec-
David and Louise Turpin tive Services said Saturday
have pleaded not guilty that his agency had no
in Riverside County, Cali- investigations concerning
fornia, to multiple counts the Turpins.q