La Cañada neighbors extend hand, shovel to mudslide victims

Charles Woodhouse awoke early Saturday morning to the roar of rushing water. Debris, loosened from the hillsides by a heavy rainstorm, was snaking down Angeles Crest Highway and spilling into his Arroyo Summit Drive cul-de-sac. Mud filled the street, overwhelmed the driveway and seeped into the house, Woodhouse said. No sooner had the rain stopped, however, than car loads of community members, most of them fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, began arriving to help. Armed with boots, gloves and shovels, more than 100 volunteers worked to remove mud from Woodhouse's property, as well as those of his neighbors. Some were on site until 8 p.m. Continue reading...