Rescue of Two Hikers
Ventura County Sheriff – Incident Press Release On 10/01/19, at about 1:44 PM, Sheriff’s Dispatch received a report of two overdue hikers. The two hikers, (P) Debbie Murphy and (P) Myrto Karamitsou, were due to return on 09/30/19. While initiating an investigation, the hikers activated their personal locator beacon (PLB). A Ventura County Aviation Unit helicopter (Air […]
Stranded Motorcyclists Make it out of the Los Padres National Forest
Ventura County Sheriff – Incident Press Release On 09/15/2019, the Ventura County Lockwood Deputy responded to stranded off-road motorcycle riders in the Los Padres National Forest. At approximately 1730 hours, Station 11 received a call from the Los Padres National Forest Dispatch Center asking for assistance in locating 3 motorcycle riders who were stranded in the […]
Four Hunters Rescued after being lost in Los Padres National Forest
Ventura County Sheriff – Incident Press Release On 08/31/19, shortly after 2PM, emergency medical and law enforcement personnel responded to the Rancho Nuevo Trailhead in northern Ventura County reference four deer hunters who called 911 to report they were lost and dehydrated. The Rancho Nuevo Trail is located in the Los Padres National Forest Dick Smith […]
Construction Workers Save 2-Month-Old Baby, Toddler, Dropped From Burning Building
Whitney Tipton | Reporter . New Mexico construction workers saved the life of a two-month-old baby as well as a toddler from an apartment fire Sunday. Construction crews working on a roof in Albuquerque, New Mexico, were able to rescue the children before firefighters arrived after a fire broke out in the apartment building next door, an ABC […]
Shark Tries To Attack A Dog, A Bunch Of Other Dogs Rush To The Rescue In Epic Video
David Hookstead | Smoke Room Editor An awesome video has gone viral of dogs proving why they’re the absolute best. In a video posted on Twitter by @Frenchring51, a dog is chilling in the ocean when a shark tries to attack him. A bunch of other dogs on the beach weren’t having any of it. (SLIDESHOW: These Women On […]
Border Agents Rescue Migrant Mother And Her Three Kids Right Before They Drowned In The Rio Grande
Jason Hopkins | Energy Investigator Border Patrol agents rescued a Guatemalan family of four before they drowned to death attempting to cross the U.S. southern border. A forceful current swept a woman and her three children, ages 2, 4 and 15, downriver when they attempted to cross the Rio Grande on March 28. Fortunately for […]
Alamo Mountain Rescue of Five People Stuck in Deep Snow
On Sunday 03/03/19, at about 8 PM, Lockwood Valley Deputies responded to the area of Alamo Mountain in the Los Padres National Forest (LPNF) reference five subjects who were reportedly stuck in the snow in a Jeep on forest road 8N01.3. The stranded party of five luckily had cellular telephone service which enabled them to […]
Overdue Hikers Rescued from Flooded Sespe River Trail
Ventura County Sheriff Department – Incident Press Release On Thursday 01/31/19, three friends went on a backpacking trip in the Los Padres National Forest. The hikers intended to go from the Piedra Blanca Trailhead in Rose Valley to the Willett Hot Springs and hike back out by Saturday evening 02/02/19. On Saturday evening when the […]
Ventura | Personnel rescue 3 people from capsized boat
Ventura City Fire personnel and units responded to a report of a disabled vessel taking on water and nearing the rocks near the harbor entrance. First arriving units located a capsized rigid hull inflatable, with 2 adult males and 1 juvenile male clinging to its sides, being impacted by medium to heavy surf and nearing […]
Stranded Camper Rescued on Mt. Pinos
Ventura County Sheriff Department – Incident Press Release On Sunday (1/13/19), Ladouceur arrived at the Chula Vista Campground located near the summit of Mount Pinos. She parked in the parking lot of the snow play area and hiked a short distance to the campground where she had planned to camp in the snow for a […]
