Mass wasting and weathering can really happen anywhere, and sometimes without warning. A local example is in Santa Barbara, at a place called La Conchita. Below is a short link showing a mudslide in Santa Barbara County in a small community known as La Conchita. Here is a Wiki Page to some major landslides that could be useful for this assignment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_landslides (Links to an external site.)
After researching a landslide:
Briefly, research any landslide/mudslide (other than La Conchita), explain why it happened, and describe the environment that was involved. Please provide a photo and cite your research. Article from the LA Times on the La Conchita landslides:
https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-la-conchita-20150104-story.html