Santa Barbara County Fire
An injured paraglider was rescued by helicopter Monday after crashing into steep terrain near the California coast, officials said.
Santa Barbara County Fire responded at around 1:17 p.m. Monday to a report that a 51-year-old woman had crashed just east of Toro Canyon while paragliding.
Due to the “steep and remote terrain” at the crash site, the fire department’s Air Support Unit Copter 308 was called in to perform a hoist rescue…