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Los Angeles Times20y
Why They Are Drawn to Danger
But to be perfectly honest, she said Thursday from her hospital bed in Ventura ... Real estate has driven much of California history. La Conchita is no different. Bargain housing made it ...
Los Angeles Times20y
Survivor Thanks Her La Conchita Hero
Standing on a muddy street near the La Conchita house where she had been ... She was treated for cuts and bruises at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura and released around 6 p.m. that evening.
NPR19y
La Conchita: Life Where Disaster Is Daily Possibility
Mr. MIKE BELL (Chairman, La Conchita Community Organization): I'm really hoping that his promises aren't idle comments. That's what we're counting on, is that the governor's going to work with us ...
KEYT1y
La Conchita slide advisory follows more than 11 inches of rain in past month
LA CONCHITA, Calif.-La Conchita residents and visitors have been warned about a slide advisory. The community separated from the beach by train tracks and the 101 freeway is known for two major ...
CBS News10y
La Conchita Residents Mark 10th Anniversary Of Deadly Landslide
LA CONCHITA (CBSLA.com) — As the rain fell Saturday on this small seaside village in northern Ventura County, family and friends painfully remembered what happened here 10 years ago, as dozens ...
Ventura County Star2y
Evacuation order lifted at La Conchita, but officials warn area is still vulnerable to landslides
After one of the heaviest storms in more than a decade, authorities lifted an evacuation order for La Conchita earlier this week — allowing residents to return home to the seaside hamlet north ...
NBC News20y
Memorial held for victims of Calif. mudslide
The torrential rain was responsible for 28 deaths in the state. Among the dead in La Conchita were Jimmie Wallet’s wife Mechelle, 37, and daughters Hannah, 10, Raven, 6, and Paloma, 2.
The Washington Post5y
After being buried by mudslides, two communities chart very different recoveries
LA CONCHITA, Calif. — In the surfer's paradise where Mike Bell has lived for four decades, talking about rain is blasphemy. "We have sprinkles, we have showers, we have mist, but we don't use ...
ABC710y
La Conchita marks 10-year anniversary of deadly landslide
LA CONCHITA, Calif. (KABC) -- A bell-ringing ceremony was held Saturday on the 10-year anniversary of the massive landslide in Ventura County that killed 10 people. Dozens of residents ...
KEYT7y
La Conchita residents hope Hydroseeding prevents another landslide
La Conchita residents hope to weather another storm and they are counting on Hydroseeding to help. Locals say a rancher who bought the property above the town following a landslide lawsuit ...
SFGate20y
Slide area notoriously unstable / Same hillside failed in '95 -- locals debated danger
The site of Monday's deadly mudslide in La Conchita was well known for its unstable soils and, ever since a massive 1995 slide, was considered a likely place for another such disaster. The ...