Rescue personnel and law enforcement units in Inyo County conducted a nighttime rescue on Mount Whitney last week after a ...

Zane remains in a medically induced coma at Sunrise Children’s Hospital. Besides the trauma to his head, his injuries from ...

Zane Wach, 14, was taken off of ventilators during his ongoing medically-induced coma nearly a month after the boy wandered ...

It is unclear whether the father and son reached the summit, but any travelers reaching altitudes of 8,000 feet — sometimes lower — are susceptible to altitude sickness and symptoms.

Ryan Wach said his son Zane Wach, 14, experienced altitude sickness while climbing California's Mount Whitney and seemed to be hallucinating before walking off the side of the trail.

Inyo County Search and Rescue and the CHP Apple Valley air unit launched to Mount Whitney to find the critically injured teenager, who fell 120 feet onto solid granite.

Fire name: Richards St Big_pine_indian_res A new wildfire was reported today at 9:59 p.m. in Inyo County. The wildfire has been burning on federal land managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Buttermilk A new wildfire was reported today at 8:42 a.m. in Inyo County. Buttermilk Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service.