Late summer storm claims child's life, wrecks homes, closes highway

A late summer monsoon that recently swept over Southern California, triggering mudslides and flash floods, also destroyed multiple homes and led to a child’s death, officials said.

- BY ALEX WIGGLESWORTH

The storm dumped several inches of rain on the San Bernardino County mountains and foothills and unleashed a torrent of mud, rocks and trees, particularly in burn scars near Oak Glen and Forest Falls.

In the end, three homes were destroyed and more than a dozen other homes, businesses and outbuildings were damaged, according to the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District.