Lost in Maui, found in Taiwan, and more

Lost in Maui, found in Taiwan

When Lindsay Crumbley Scallan lost her underwater camera in the waters off Maui, Hawaii, in 2007, she figured her precious vacation photos were gone forever. But six years later, Scallan’s camera washed up on a beach over 5,200 miles away in Taiwan, with its memory card intact. Scallan was identified after pictures of her from the camera were shown on TV in the U.S. The grime-encrusted camera was discovered by an employee of China Airlines, which has offered to fly Scallan to Taiwan to collect it and her long-lost pictures.

The greening of South Central Los Angeles

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South Central Los Angeles is more famous for drive-by shootings than well-kept gardens, but one native son is getting locals to trade their sawed-off shotguns for shovels. Ron Finley, who styles himself the “Gangsta Gardener,” is encouraging Angelenos to cultivate vegetable and fruit gardens in vacant lots in deprived neighborhoods. He has co-founded a charity, L.A. Green Grounds, to get poor communities with few healthy food options to grow produce in the ’hood. “Gardening is gangsta because you’re empowering yourself,” he said. “Growing your own food is like printing your own money.”

Roadside rescue saves newborn

A Good Samaritan from Macomb County, Mich., saved a baby’s life last week in a dramatic roadside rescue. Ryan Cornelissen, 21, was flagged down in his car by a man whose wife had just given birth on the way to the hospital. The man did not speak English well, but Cornelissen quickly saw that the baby wasn’t breathing. He dialed 911, and carried out CPR on the ailing infant. After several worrying minutes, the newborn began to breathe. “I remember the baby’s face,” said the student, who plans to become a police officer. “I will never forget.”