Los Angeles County deputies rescue missing hiker after he got lost in forest for 5 days
By KJ Hiramoto
LASD shared video of missing hiker being rescued
The Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department shared a video of a rescue involving a missing man who got lost for five days from hiking.
A hiker who went missing for several days after getting lost in the Angeles National Forest has been found safe.
According to the Los Angles County Sheriff s Department, the hiker spent about five days lost in the remote area of the forest. Thankfully on Wednesday, the hiker was found and airlifted by LASD to safety.
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Signature-gathering has been approved for the effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, organizers announced Thursday.
Backers of the recall must gather valid signatures from 579,062 registered voters in the county 10% of the total number of voters in the county by Oct. 27 for the recall to qualify for the ballot. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
Elected officials must be in office for at least 90 days before a recall effort can be started. Gascón was sworn in on Dec. 7.
Signature-Gathering Approved For Recall Effort Against DA George Gascon
LOS ANGELES Petitions are available May 21 for the effort to recallLos Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon.
Elected officials must be in office for at least 90 days before a recall effort can be started. Gascon was sworn in last Dec. 7. Recall organizers announced May 20 they had received approval to gather signatures.
Gascon has drawn criticism from crime victims and prosecutors over various directives, including not seeking the death penalty, not seeking sentencing enhancements in most cases and keeping cases involving juveniles out of adult courts.
“George Gascon got elected by disguising a radical, dangerous, and pro-criminal agenda as ‘criminal justice reform,’ but that’s not what he is doing,” said Desiree Andrade, organizer and spokeswoman for the effort to recall Gascon.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) In a major reversal, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Wednesday that the names of deputies who shoot civilians will be released within 30 days of the incident, a newspaper reported.
Villanueva’s policy switch comes after the Los Angeles Times found that the LA sheriff s department was an outlier among some of California’s largest law enforcement agencies, which promptly identify officers involved in shootings.
Villanueva had said as recently as last month that the names would come out only after the district attorney’s office finishes its review of each shooting.