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Young mother swept away to her death while hiking in California, officials say

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March 4, 2026

Young mother swept away to her death while hiking in California, officials say

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A young mother drowned Sunday after being swept away at a river crossing near a popular Southern California hiking trail, a tragedy that unfolded as a mountain rescue team was stationed on the trail to warn hikers about dangerous conditions.

The San Dimas Mountain Rescue Team said it was talking with hikers about safety tips and river crossings around 8 a.m. while set up at the Bridge to Nowhere trailhead on the East Fork of the San Gabriel River in Angeles National Forest when “in an instant, everything changed.”

“A frantic runner came charging up the trail yelling for help,” the rescue team said in a news release. “A young mother had fallen in at the second river crossing and was swept away by the raging current.”

“Our worst fears became reality,” it continued.

Rescuers said the woman was found dead after being swept away in the swollen San Gabriel River on Sunday, March 1, 2026. (San Dimas Mountain Rescue Team )

Rescuers immediately launched an emergency response. Multiple agencies responded, including Los Angeles County Fire Department, Air Operations, the LASD Aero Bureau and the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station.

Crews located the woman after an extensive search. She was pronounced deceased, and the mission shifted to a recovery operation. The woman’s identity has not been released.

The flooded East Fork of the San Gabriel River is seen near the confluence with the river’s West Fork in an undated photo. (iStock)

Rescuers said they later assisted the woman’s grieving family at the command post.

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“All we could offer were hugs, water, shade, and our presence in their darkest moment,” the rescue team said. “No words can fix this kind of loss.”

Officials warned that recent conditions have made the East Fork especially dangerous, with swift, high water and multiple required river crossings along the Bridge to Nowhere Trail.

A view of the Bridge to Nowhere trail set against the San Gabriel Mountains in Angeles National Forest, California. (iStock)

Authorities are urging hikers to avoid the area until water levels significantly drop.

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“Turn around if the water looks too fast or too deep,” rescuers said. “Your life is worth more than any hike.”

Angeles National Forest is located northeast of Los Angeles.

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Grizzly moved from Montana to Togwotee for genetics spotted with cubs in Teton Wilderness

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April 10, 2026

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Kitchen of Kindness: A local nonprofit in Northern Nevada aims to feed those in need

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April 10, 2026

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Kitchen of Kindness: A local nonprofit in Northern Nevada aims to feed those in need

Kitchen of Kindness is a volunteer-powered initiative

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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – Kitchen of Kindness is on a mission to give back to the community. The nonprofit is a volunteer-driven program through Chabad Cares Nevada and aims to assist those in need including seniors, hospitalized individuals and families by providing meals, support, and connection.

When asked how the idea for the program first came to fruition, Executive Director of Chabad Cares Nevada, Rabbi Moshe Cunin, said “The inspiration for the idea was from my wife and her family. Unfortunately, her dad died from cancer, but he had been helped for many years by members of their community bringing food to them.”

After receiving kindness and support from others, Cunin’s wife Doba, and Doba’s mother, decided it was time to give back. Thus, Kitchen of Kindness was created last June and has been picking up the pace ever since.

A major avenue to their funding is through selling homemade challah bread and pastries at the Incline Village Farmers Market which is scheduled to open this summer on Thursday, May 21.

Rabbi Moshe Cunin and his wife Doba at the Incline Village Farmers Market

“It’s been amazing,” said Cunin. “We just popped up at the Incline Village Farmers Market and we sold out every week. What’s really cool is that some of the bread is being sold, but the money from that bread sold is going to fund the rest of it getting delivered that week to family members of people in the hospital, people in need, or a new mom with a baby.”

Cunin delivers the food himself, along with other program volunteers, and their goal for distribution is to get the fresh food out as quickly as possible.

While serving a wide range of Northern Nevada, including Lake Tahoe, Cunin wants to continue to grow Kitchen of Kindness. Already, the community kitchen offers assistance in family events, team building, birthday parties, and ways to prevent food waste. They even provide hot meals and companionship as part of their senior engagement, and partner with larger nonprofits such as Eddy House Youth Homeless Shelter in Reno.

“Our dream would be to up the scale of the amount of events we do, the amount of volunteers, and the amount of people we can help,” said Cunin who notes that although they are borrowing a local kosher kitchen space through a jewish school and synagogue, his vision is to have a dedicated space to be used full-time.

As Kitchen of Kindness’s mission unfolds, Cunin says the Torah’s teachings of anonymous, selfless charity is a key factor in its importance, where the giver feels no arrogance and the receiver feels no embarrassment.

“There’s so many that want to give and be generous, and may not have a ton of money to give away, but they have time,” said Cunin. “Time itself is such a value and this is such a great opportunity for people that have time and can partner together with us and use their time and turn it into giving.”

Stop by their bake sale booth at Incline Village Farmers Market this summer for an oppertunity to support their cause.

To learn more about Kitchen of Kindness or Chabad Cares Nevada, as well as ways to get involved, visit https://www.chabadcaresnevada.com/kitchen.

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Route 66 Visitors Center hosts free New Mexico concert series in Albuquerque

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April 10, 2026

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Route 66 Visitors Center hosts free New Mexico concert series in Albuquerque

BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. – Bernalillo County says the reopened Route 66 Visitors Center will host free Saturday concerts for eight weeks featuring New Mexico artists.

The concert series starts Saturday April 11 at 12 p.m. The New Mexico Music Hall of Fame will present the shows.

The lineup for the opening event includes Ivon Ulibarri and Café Mocha followed by Son Como Son. The release says local food trucks and Tractor Brewing will provide food and drinks.

The programs will run every Saturday in April and May beginning at 12 p.m. Other performers include Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra, Mariachi Promesa, Picoso, Red Wine Band with David Nunez, Sorela, Hillary Smith & Chill House, Animated Jukebox and others.

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