Mud ravages seaside haven for celebrities and billionaires
65 single-family homes destroyed, 462 damaged in Montecito; 17 people dead with 5 missing as at Friday
Montecito
THE mudslides on the California coastal town of Montecito have devastated a wealthy enclave where billionaires including Charlie Munger, Eric Schmidt and Oprah Winfrey own properties, with hundreds of millions of dollars of damage in one of America's most expensive real estate markets.
Sixty-five single-family homes were destroyed and 462 damaged by the flooding and mudslides that…
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