A house on a hilltop lies in ruins as officials from the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority tour the site of the Loma Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Los Gatos, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. The fire charred nearly 5,000 acres in southern Santa Clara County recently. Officials from the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority went to see the damage, including erosion from the Oct. 15-16 storms, which dumped nearly 10 inches of rain on the area. (Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group)
