Videos of Rescues in Angeles National Forest

Search and rescue teams and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Air-5 were busy last weekend. Crescenta Valley Weekly has reported on the rescues, now see the videos via a Helmet Camera courtesy of LASD.
CVW story title “LASD Air-5 Rescue” for the video go to:
VIDEO – LASD Helmet Camera rescue of 19-year old woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jetV81NH4Zk
 
“Four Boys Rescued by [...]

Four Boys Rescued by Air-5

A 14-year old boy managed to get cell phone reception and called 9-1-1 from an Azuza Canyon cliffside Sunday afternoon. This led to the deployment of the Sheriff’s San Dimas Search and Rescue Team, and Air-5 Rescue pilots & Emergency Services Detail (Special Enforcement Bureau) paramedic deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department flying [...]

LASD Air-5 Rescue Hikers

A U.S. Forestry Recreation Technician working in the Angeles National Forest noticed several people who appeared to be trapped on a cliff near Altadena and called in rescuers at 11:57AM on Sunday.
By 12:25PM, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Air-5 Rescue pilots & Emergency Services Detail (Special Enforcement Bureau), had rescued a 19-year old South Pasadena [...]

Lost Boy Scouts Found

At about 8:35 p.m. on Saturday night the Montrose Search and Rescue Team was activated to respond to the Mount Wilson area regarding two boy scouts and their leader who had been separated from their group while hiking and were presumed lost.
They were well equipped for the conditions and had planned to camp at a [...]

Hiker is Dead, Two Others Injured

By Mary O’KEEFE
One hiker has been found dead and two others were transported to the hospital after an afternoon hiking accident.
At about 3:30 p.m. this afternoon in the Angeles National Forest, a hiker flagged down a passing motorist after climbing up to the roadway.
He and two other men, all in their 20s, were hiking in [...]

STATE OF TOBACCO CONTROL REPORT SHOWS MIXED GRADES FOR 
LOS ANGELES IN KEY TOBACCO CONTROL PRIORITY AREAS

 
 

The American Lung Association released the State of Tobacco Control 2012, an annual report that provides grades to the federal government and all 50 states and the District of Columbia on four key tobacco control areas. In conjunction with this national report, the American Lung Association in California released the State of Tobacco Control 2012 [...]

Armed Man Dies After Fatal Police Shooting

By Mary O’KEEFE
A 40-year-old man has succumbed to a gunshot wound he received after a confrontation with a Glendale Police Officer this afternoon.

Glendale paramedics responded to a call about 1 p.m. to the 1700 block of Riverside Drive in Glendale, said Sgt. Tom Lorenz, GPD spokesman. The girlfriend of the man made the 9-1-1 call reporting [...]

Forest Service Recordings Appear to Have Violated the Law: Rep. Schiff Calls for Answers

On Thursday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector General Phyllis K. Fong, calling on USDA to provide answers about the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) report on its investigation into the allegations that phone calls were improperly recorded and withheld during the initial government investigation in [...]

Two Sheriff Deputies Transported to the Hospital After Patrol Unit Slams into a Utility Pole

 

By Mary O’KEEFE
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol unit out of Crescenta Valley Station was involved in an accident at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday on Foothill Boulevard and Moore Street in Glendale.
Glendale police are investigating the incident that involved two vehicles, a patrol unit and another vehicle driven by a woman.
“[The patrol unit was] [...]

Community: SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to California Residents and Businesses Affected by the Los Angeles High Winds.

Sacramento, CA – Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to California residents and business owners affected by the Los Angeles County High Winds from November 30 through December 4, 2011, announced U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Karen G. Mills. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster following a December 13 [...]