Community remembers Montecito debris flow victims on three year anniversary Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade For the third anniversary of the 1/9 Debris Flow, and in consideration of the current pandemic stay-at-home order, a team of community partners hosted a commemorative live-stream ceremony on January 9th, 2021 in Montecito. and last updated 2021-01-10 02:11:20-05 The 23 lives lost in mudslides that devastated the community of Montecito January 9, 2018 will never be forgotten. Those lives were remembered and honored on the third anniversary of the debris flow Saturday night January 9th, 2021 during a commemorative live-stream ceremony. The event began at 6:30 p.m. with an invocation from Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor.