A handwritten note helped the Calaveras County Volunteer Team locate a lost mother and son in remote California on July 12, 2025.

A mother and her 9-year-old son were found by a search and rescue team in Calaveras County east of Stockton after leaving two handwritten SOS notes.

CALAVERAS COUNTY, Calif. -- A mother and her 9-year-old son, who got lost in a remote California forest while on their way to a Boy Scouts camp, were rescued after a search crew found notes the ...

(CNN) - A mother and her 9-year-old son who got lost in a California forest were rescued after authorities found handwritten notes asking for help. The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office says the ...

The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office says the 49-year-old mother and her son were reported missing last Saturday. They left a day earlier for a Boy Scout camp, but they never arrived and weren’t ...

A mother and her 9-year-old son were found by a search and rescue team in the Sierra Nevada mountain range after leaving two handwritten SOS notes.