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San Luis Obispo emergency responders urge caution on city trails but are trained and equipped to rescue if crisis strikes

In his 11 years on the San Luis Obispo County Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team, Armando Gutierrez has seen the spectrum of disasters on local trails, like San Luis Obispo’s Bishop Peak. There are lost hikers who veer off-trail; runners who break an ankle and can’t hike down; rock climbers who fall catastrophic distances; […]

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