UPDATED: The Altadena Sheriff's station sent out the following press release about today's rescue:
On April 5, 2013, at 7:00 am, Altadena & Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Teams along with Los Angeles County Sheriff's helicopter Air-5 responded to Eaton Canyon regarding 5 missing hikers that were reported missing from yesterday.
Due to thick fog, LASD Air-5 could not locate the hikers. Reserve deputies from the search and rescue teams hiked into the canyon and found all 5 hikers above the second waterfall area of Eaton Canyon. All 5 hikers were not injured and were safe. The search and rescue teams escorted the hikers out of Eaton Canyon without incident.The female adult and 4 adult males were from Santa Ana, Glendale, Cypress and Long Beach.
Editor's note: These hikers needed to do two things: watch the video here about the dangers of the second waterfall, and remember to file a hiking plan (form is here).
