Crime & Safety
Update: Missing Eaton Canyon Hikers Found
The group was being hiked out of the area by Altadena Search and Rescue shortly after 11 a.m. Friday, according to authorities.
Update at 11:15 a.m.
Five hikers reported missing around 6:40 a.m. by one of the hiker's parents Friday morning were found uninjured by Altadena Search and Rescue and were being walked out of the Eaton Canyon area shortly after 11 a.m., Sergeant Booker Hollis of the Crescenta Valley Station told Patch.
"They didn't bother to tell anyone they were staying the night there," said Hollis.
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The group apparently embarked on an 8-hour hike at 8 a.m. Thursday and then decided to spend the night in the Eaton Canyon area. They had food and water with them, Hollis noted.
The group "should be coming up in the next 10 to 15 minutes," Hollis said around 11:10 a.m.
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All the hikers are in their mid-20s and there is at least one female in the group.
Earlier:
Searchers today were looking for five hikers missing overnight in the Eaton Canyon area, authorities said.
The group went hiking on Thursday, and were reported missing this morning, according to sheriff's Sgt. Burton Brink of the Altadena Station.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department sent a helicopter crew to the scene near the 1700 block of North Altadena Drive, department officials said.
Brink said two vehicles believed connected with the hikers were found in an area parking lot.
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