Missing Family Found Alive In Butte County

INSKIP, Calif. -- After days of huddling in a culvert to stay warm in the snowy mountains of Northern California, a wet, shivering family from Butte County was lifted to safety.

The foursome went to the Inskip area Sunday to find a Christmas tree, but they got lost in a heavily wooded area and weren't spotted until Wednesday -- by a California Highway Patrol helicopter making its last pass before more winter weather moved in.

"When you love your kids ... and you see your kids freaking out, when you see them scared, when you see them just beside themselves, you just calm down, you take control, and you get them calm and you pray," Frederick Dominguez said.

Dominguez, 38, and his three children -- Christopher Dominguez, 18; Alexis Dominguez, 15; and Joshua Dominguez, 12 -- were found by a California Highway Patrol helicopter in the backcountry. All four were suffering from hypothermia, but their injuries were not serious. ...