Rescue teams worked Friday to find five hikers lost in Eaton Canyon, the same region of the San Gabriel Mountains where one hiker was killed and two others were rescued last month.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is leading the rescue effort with support from its Altadena Search & Rescue, Sgt. Booker Hollis said.
The five hikers, all believed to be in their 20s, entered the Eaton Canyon area about 8 a.m. Thursday. They were expected to return eight hours later, but never made it back, Hollis said.
The father of one of the hikers reported the group missing Friday morning, Hollis said.
The search effort comes on the heels of another high-profile rescue in in a Southern Claif. forest. Kyndall Jack, 18, and Nicholas Cendoya, 19, were saved after a multi-day search.