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Missing hiker rescued 10 days after getting lost in California mountains
A 34-year-old who was lost for 10 days in California's Santa Cruz Mountains is finally home with his family. Lukas McClish had last been seen on the morning of June 11 when he set out for a hike from his Boulder Creek-area home, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office said. Only expecting to be gone for three hours, McClish told ABC7 he lost his way due to wildfires having wiped out certain landmarks. He was declared missing six days later when he didn't show for a Father's Day dinner, ABC7 reported.
‘It’s just craziness’: As Santa Cruz Mountains wildfire season begins, proposed camping policy unnerves residents
Nancy Kille knows where not to look. Still, she steps off to the side of her ridgetop property in Bonny Doon and looks anyway. A sloping landscape once filled with winding oaks and skyward redwood trees is now mostly charred trunks. The sight triggers memories of August 2020, when she evacuated her home for 76 days while the CZU wildfire torched hers and more than 900 other Santa Cruz Mountains homes.
Hiker found safe after 10 days in Northern California mountains
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A hiker missing for 10 days was found safe in the mountains in Northern California, authorities said. Lukas McClish, 34, left the rural community of Boulder Creek for a hike on June 11 and was reported missing June 16, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.
Missing California hiker found alive after 9 days, survived on water and berries
SANTA CRUS Co., Calif. (WANE via STORYFUL) – A California man who spent nine nights in the Santa Cruz mountains was found and reunited with his family, images published on Friday, June 21, show. Lukas McClish, a 34-year-old resident of Boulder Creek, was reported missing by his family on...
Missing hiker found alive in California mountains after being stranded for 10 days
A missing hiker was rescued after spending 10 days in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebookpost Friday that several witnesses reported hearing someone yelling for help in the area of Foreman Creek off of Big Basin Highway around 3 p.m. on June 20.
Drivers hit 196 animals on Highway 17 near Lexington Reservoir; a new project aims to make it safe
Most people know Highway 17 as a winding, mountainous road that thousands of motorists use every weekend to travel from Silicon Valley to beaches in Santa Cruz. But one particular stretch is also a notorious killing zone for animals. From 2009 to 2023, there were at least 196 collisions between vehicles and large wild animals on a 2-mile-long portion of Highway 17 between the Cats restaurant near downtown Los Gatos and the Bear Creek Road overcrossing near Lexington Reservoir.
Photo | Hiker walks atop hill at Anna Jean Cummings County Park in Soquel
A visitor to Anna Jean Cummings County Park in Soquel is surrounded by a sea of lush grasses and foliage adjacent to Soquel High School. The park is one of the many places in Santa Cruz County where nature beckons at the interface between our urban and rural zones.
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