Crime & Safety

Several Hikers Rescued Saturday

Search and Rescue helped hikers both Saturday morning and the afternoon.

Altadena's Search and Rescue team engaged in a pair of rescues throughout Saturday around Eaton Canyon's first waterfall, according to authorities.

The first rescue was a male hiker in his 20s, who was carried out by rescue team personnel, treated and then taken to a local hospital, said Lt. Angela Shepard of the .

Another rescue took place at the first waterfall took place around 5 p.m., this time with Air-5 extracting three stranded male hikers and one female hiker walking out with rescue team members, according to information from the Sheriff's Department.

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