Calabasas CA:  On Wednesday night, Malibu SAR responded to a report of 7 missing hikers, all from one family.  The hikers, ranging in ages from 6 to 80 left Juan Batista de Anza Park in Calabasas at 5 p.m., soon after finding themselves mired in the dark in the hills above Calabasas.  Tired and very dehydrated from the extreme heat, they called 911.  Malibu SAR team members triangulated their GPS 911 coordinates, located a route in from Liberty Canyon area and then retrieved all missing hikers safely.  The hikers were given hydration and escorted out of the hills.

On Thursday night, a 21 year old female hiker in a nearby area of Mulholland Hwy and Las Virgenes, at Malibu Creek State Park.  Malibu SAR responded and while en route was given GPS 911 coordinates as well as the cell phone number of the hiker.  She was contacted and assessed to be uninjured but down a steep ravine with two dogs.  Malibu SAR personnel advised her that we knew the general area where she was located and that if she saw or heard anyone she should use her cell phone to provide a lighting source to locate her.  Following the instructions to the letter, the missing hiker was located fairly quickly and a team hiked in to her and retrieved her.  She was hiked out through Grasslands Trail to her awaiting parent.