The neighborhood is cleaning up the mess left behind from the strong storm Tuesday.
Margaret Garcia said she felt "helpless" seeing mud get through her backyard fence amid the rain. With help from family, most of the mud has been cleared away, but her pool and spa are still filled with muddy water.
"The water just kept gushing out from back there," Garcia told Eyewitness News.
April Contreras lives next door. There's still a lot of mud in the backyard of her home.
The bank wall is tilting, and so it the power pole right behind it. A Southern California Edison crew came by to check on it.
Contreras said her dog started barking, and that's when she went to her back door to see what was going on.
"I saw the fence just slowly, slowly crumbling, and then it was an absolute avalanche," Contreras recalled. "It just came down rolling on us."
Neighbors speculate a homeless encampment may have clogged a storm drain that caused mud to flow onto properties. Eyewitness News reached out to the city for comment but has not heard back.
For Garcia, something similar happened to her in 2023. Back then, the city denied responsibility, insurance denied her claim and the railroad that operates the tracks next to her home also denied responsibility.
Garcia and Contreras are now working on what to do next.
"I'm going to get a contractor out here," Contreras said. "I don't even know where to start to be very honest with you."