Hiker killed in fall

“BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON — It was a tragic ending Monday in the search for a 19-year-old Herriman girl.
The body of Christina Traylor was found off the Moss Ledge trail, between Solitude and the S-curve in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Searchers estimated she fell 80 to 100 feet off a ledge to the rocks below, killing her [...]

Hikers died of natural causes

The Los Angeles Times reports that foul play has been eliminated from the cause of death in two hikers.
“Two elderly hikers found dead last week in a remote Sierra Nevada wilderness both died of natural causes, one from a heart attack and the other of injuries and exposure to freezing temperatures, an El Dorado County [...]

Hiker dies in Los Padres National Forest

A Goleta man died from apparent heat exhaustion or heat-related illness.
The full story is at the Independent.