Tag Archives: Person

Yosemite National Park staff continues to search today for Esmin Garmendia-Barrios. Garmendia is described as 22 years old, a native Honduran, who is 5’8” tall. Mr. Garmendia speaks Spanish and broken English. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue t-shirt, and black shoes. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/barrios2.htm

Yosemite National Park Rangers are asking the public’s assistance in locating a missing person, who was last seen in Yosemite National Park on November 6, 2009. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/greensar09a.htm

Yosemite National Park is searching for 30 year old George Penca, from Hawthorne, California. Penca was last seen on the Upper Yosemite Fall trail in Yosemite Valley where he was hiking with a group of people from his church. He has been missing since Friday, June 17. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/pencasar1.htm

Yosemite National Park is searching for 69 year old Gene R. Hall, from Olympia, Washington. Hall was last seen in the Vogelsang area where he was hiking alone. He has been missing since Thursday, September 1, when he failed to show up at his vehicle. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/hallsar1.htm

Yosemite National Park search for 69 year old Gene R. Hall concluded at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, September 3, when Hall was found dead in his tent. The cause of death has not yet been determined, but appears to be from natural causes. Searchers located the tent off-trail near Fletcher Lake, …

Yosemite National Park Rangers continue to search for Alexander Joseph Sevier, who was last seen in Yosemite Valley on Wednesday morning, May 3rd. Sevier, an active member of the U.S Navy, traveled to Yosemite alone, and arrived in the park on Monday, May 1. He was staying at Housekeeping Camp …

One of the men killed in Sunday’s mass shooting in Southeast Fresno was a young musician named Xy Lee, who had tens of thousands of Youtube followers. Despite implications from the Fresno Police Department that the shooting could have been gang-related, Lee’s family asserts he was no gang member . …

The father of an Atwater woman killed in Washington state described his daughter as a “very outgoing” young woman who loved caring for animals and the elderly. “She just liked … Click to Continue »

One person was killed after being struck by a train around 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, on BNSF train tracks west of Shaffer Road, according to the Merced County Sheriff’s Office. … Click to Continue »

The newest Merced County Courthouse commissioner was recently named, according to a news release. Steven Slocum, the supervising deputy district attorney for Merced County, is the county’s newest court commissioner, … Click to Continue »

One man suffered major injuries in a crash on the border of Merced County near Turlock on Dec. 19, 2017, California Highway Patrol reported. The injuries of the other person in the crash are unknown at this time. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »

Two fires put out by firefighters in Merced Saturday evening may have been started by the same person, fire officials said. City of Merced firefighters received a call of a … Click to Continue »

One person was killed Wednesday when green Honda sedan crashed and caught fire while trying to outrun police, the Sun-Star has confirmed. A 31-year-old man died at the scene, authorities … Click to Continue »