Hope wanes of finding more mudslide survivors
Friday, January 12, 2018
MONTECITO, Calif. -- More than two full days after mudslides ravaged the coastal town of Montecito, the search for the missing became an increasingly desperate exercise Thursday, with growing doubts about whether anyone would be found alive. Seventeen people from ages 3 to 89 were confirmed dead, and eight others were unaccounted for.
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