Missing California woman Esmeralda Marie Pineda found after 12 days in wilderness

A California woman who went missing from a campground last month has been found alive but in a “severely dehydrated and weakened” condition, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office said. News Release. Esmeralda Marie Pineda, 24, disappeared Aug. 26 from a mining camp in a remote area of ​​Nevada City, 60 miles northeast of Sacramento. A […]

Dog, backpack found after owner disappears into California wilderness: police

A search is underway for a 71-year-old man who set off on a journey into the California wilderness but never returned. According to the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office, Michael Moore obtained a wilderness permit stating he intended to hike toward Lake Powell in the Emigrant Wilderness in Sonora, California. Authorities said Moore’s dog and backpack […]

Hiker found alive after five days lost in Sierra Nevada wilderness

A 70-year-old hiker was found alive Wednesday after being missing for five days in the Sierra Nevada wilderness. Authorities said Warren Elliott was discovered around 8 a.m. by another hiker passing by the Hell Hole Reservoir in California, about 10 miles west of Lake Tahoe. Shocking footage shows an exhausted man in tattered clothes clutching […]