Wrightwood residents begin to dig out after Christmas storm leaves 50 wrecked homes behind

The San Gabriel Mountains community of Wrightwood is expected to get a four-day reprieve from rain starting Saturday, Dec. 27, allowing residents and business owners whose properties were deluged by mud and water to assess and begin cleaning up the damage.

Some 50 homes were “severely damaged” and likely uninhabitable, while 25 suffered minor to moderate damage, Ryan Beckers, a spokesman for the San Bernardino County Fire Department, said Friday. He referred anyone needing assistance to...