by Timothy Rutt
The Altadena Search and Rescue team is still (7:30 AM) looking for four mountain bikers who went missing Sunday night.
According to a press release from the Altadena Sheriff Station, search and rescue was activated at about 7 PM Sunday when the bikers were reported several hours overdue from a bicycle ride from Mt. Wilson to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory turnout on Windsor Avenue.
The four men, ages 28-38, left for the ride from approximately 10 AM-3 PM Sunday. According to the press release, family members located the grouop's automobiles at the Windsor turnout. The release says that Montrose Search & Rescue team members were requested at about 9 PM. One sheriff's department helicoper aided in the search, which went on through the night until 4 AM this morning.
According to the release, other search and rescue teams will be requested and search aircraft resumed this morning.
The missing cyclists are from Glendale, North Hollywood, Rialto, and Sunland.
UPDATE: Watch commander Lt. Angela Shepherd said that the four were spotted in Bear Canyon by the helicopter, and were walked out by search and rescue. There were no injuries, she said. Scanner just said (10:08 AM) that they're in a van, warming up.
