This 10-mile hike in the Laguna Mountains is one of the best ways to take in Southern California’s expansive backcountry. Located within the Cleveland National Forest, about an hour drive from central ...

The helicopter crew that rescued a skier who fell through the ice on a lake in the Cuyamaca Mountains east of San Diego said the mission was their first ever ice water rescue, and they only had ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- Deputies credited hikers for calling 911, saving a man who had fallen through the ice at Big Laguna Lake Sunday morning. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department received a call ...

A man who was skiing across a frozen lake fell through the ice and had to be rescued by a sheriff’s helicopter Sunday, authorities said. Sheriff’s officials were called around 11:45 a.m. after a man ...