News From Around The County
LASSEN COUNTY, Calif., — Authorities say a Little Valley woman is lucky to be alive after spending six days stranded on a rural dirt road when her vehicle became stuck in deep snow. The 52-year-old victim, Sheena Gullett, reportedly became separated from her companion while trying to walk to safety last week and survived on a ration of one yogurt […]
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BURNEY — An elderly McArthur couple whose boat became stuck and were left stranded for at least eight hours on a Lake Britton sandbar were rescued during a technical hoist operation, Thursday afternoon, May 9. Although a law enforcement boat was sent to the lake to rescue the couple, it broke down and was unable to assist in rescuing the […]
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SISKIYOU COUNTY — A Massachusetts woman visiting Siskiyou County’s Bunny Flat was rescued after spending five days stranded in her car after it became stuck in deep snow last Sunday, Feb. 24. Bunny Flat is a popular winter recreational area located at the end of Everett Memorial Highway, northeast of the City of Mt. Shasta. Although the rescued victim eventually […]
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Three different remote-area rescues that were all reported in just over a four-hour period strained fire and law enforcement resources, Saturday, Aug. 26. The three different and unrelated rescues took place in Lake Elsinore, San Jacinto and Mountain Center. One of the incidents resulted in one victim with major injuries and the other two both resulted in minor injuries. Two […]
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If page fails to load properly or displays as a plain-text document, try refreshing the page. I am working to resolve the problem. -TM RIVERSIDE – Riverside Police Department’s Aviation Support Unit made an incredibly difficult rescue of a stranded hiker look easy when the helicopter’s pilot made not one, but two separate mountainside “one-skid” landings during a Friday, May […]
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From Riverside Police Department: On Thursday, November 24, 2016, shortly after 1:00 p.m., the Riverside Police Department’s Air Support Unit (AIR-1) was dispatched by the Corona Police Department for a group of 5 stranded hikers in heavy brush off of Skyline Ridge trail near the City of Corona. The hikers had been without water for approximately 4 hours and […]
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