101 Freeway is expected to reopen in a week, Caltrans says
(LA Times Clippers)

The 101 Freeway, miles of which were transformed into a muddy, debris-filled river by the deadly Montecito mudslides, is expected to reopen next Monday, officials said. `We´ve made tremendous progress over the last 48 hours,` Jim Shivers, a spokesman for the California Department of Transportation,...