Press Play with Madeleine Brand After Thomas Fire, mudslides threaten Santa Barbara Jan. 09, 2018 Listen 49 min MORE Mudslides in Montecito. Photo by Kathryn Barnes. From this Episode: Dealing with dangerous mud in Santa Barbara Heavy rains and mudslides have become deadly. Several people have died. More are trapped in their homes. The 101 freeway from Ventura to Santa Barbara is closed because of... 8 min Amid Hep A outbreak, San Diego sweeps homeless population San Diego is evacuating homeless encampments along the San Diego River, which is polluted with trash and human feces. The evacuations come as San Diego continues to battle a... 7 min Nation's second largest school district much find new leader LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King said she’s retiring this June. She has cancer and hasn’t been on the job since the school year began. 9 min What's it like being the last person to speak your language? Amadeo García García is the last man in the world who can speak the Taushiro language. His tribe once numbered in the thousands in the Amazon basin in Peru. But the Taushiro... 15 min What Ed Royce's retirement says about Orange County politics The Democratic party thinks it has the momentum to take back the House this November. To do that, they’ll need to flip half a dozen districts in a Republican stronghold:... 7 min Credits Host: Madeleine Brand Producers: Gina Pollack, Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Quinn O'Toole