Boy falls, airlifted to VC hospital

Noah Stoessl, 8, of Fillmore, was airlifted by a VC Fire Department helicopter out of a remote section of Los Padres National Forest, Saturday, north of Fillmore. As of Sunday Stoessl was in good condition at the Ventura County Medical Center. He had been hiking with his mother and a group of people on a trail above the U.S. Forest Service’s Oak Flat Ranger Station, when he fell about 10 feet, hitting his head on a rock. He has been reported in good condition.