Search and Rescue

September 23September 23
Search Efforts Continue for Missing Woman in the Coachella Valley
- Local
It’s been almost three months since anyone has seen or heard from Lauren ‘El’ Cho, the 30-year-old New Jersey woman who was last seen in a remote area of Yucca Valley. Cho was last seen on June 28 at approximately 5:10 p.m., when she reportedly walked away from the residence where she was staying in […]

Kamari Esquerra
August 27August 27
Search and rescue responding to car over cliff in Big Sur, second this week
- Community
A second car has gone over a cliff in Big Sur in less than a week. According to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, search and rescue crews are responding to the area of Big Creek Bridge where a second car has been reported going off the cliffs. On Saturday a car went off a 200 […]
July 15July 16
Rescued Camper Describes Wilderness Encounter With Knife-Wielding Man
- Community
The woman who went missing for four days while camping in California’s White Mountains said Tuesday she was relieved to be reunited with her family after a harrowing encounter with a knife-wielding man sent her running into the wilderness. Sheryl Powell, 60, said on NBC’s TODAY show that she was taking a short walk with her 5-pound Yorkipoo Miley to […]
March 06March 06
Girls Talk About Surviving in California Woods: ‘Think Happy Thoughts’
- Community
- Entertainment
They wanted some adventure, but two little girls who wandered away from their Northern California home on Friday got a lot more than they bargained for over the next 44 hours. Still, they looked out for each other and survived a long, cold, wet ordeal in the wilderness, they said in an interview Monday after […]
February 24February 24
Palm Springs Mounted Police Asks Community’s Help to Purchase Rescue Jeep
- Community
- Local
The Palm Springs Search and Rescue team is the unit in charge of saving people who are in critical danger, but this time it is they who are asking for the community’s help to replace a rescue car. The Palm Springs Mounted Police is running a campaign to raise $70,000 to replace its more than […]

Max Rodriguez
February 18February 18
Trail Runner Slips on Ice, Falling to His Death on Mount Wilson
- Community
A runner fell 180 feet to his death form a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles when he slipped on a patch of ice, authorities said Monday. The fall occurred at 10:50 a.m. Sunday on Mount Wilson, Sgt. E. Retamoza of the Crescenta Valley sheriff’s station said. The man was with […]
September 25September 25
Joshua Tree Trail to be Closed During Ongoing Missing Hiker Search
- Community
- Local
A trail at Joshua Tree National Park will be closed down from sunset until noon Wednesday to facilitate the ongoing search for a Canadian man who has not been seen for more than two months since departing his hotel for a hike on the route. Paul Miller, 51, of Guelph, Ontario, was last seen around […]
August 13August 13
Girl Remains Missing After Falling Into Deep Calif. Reservoir
- Community
Crews resumed their search Monday for a 12-year-old Canadian girl who fell off a boat in San Diego’s San Vicente Reservoir Saturday evening. The first full-day search was halted at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday without lifeguards finding her body and crews said it was tough to come back to the docks without answers. “It’s frustrating […]

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