Crime & Safety

Lifeguards Rescue a Kayaker Off La Jolla

A female kayaker was rescued between La Jolla Cove and La Jolla Shores in an area known as Devil's Slide on Monday afternoon.

San Diego Fire-Rescue reported that a female kayaker who sustained a non-life-threatening injury below the cliffs between La Jolla Cove and La Jolla Shores was rescued by helicopter on Monday afternoon.

Fire-Rescue Spokesman Maurice Luque said, “it was easier and less time consuming to have a Copter 1 hoist the woman into the copter and fly her to Scripps La Jolla.”


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