Santa cruz is a special community that knows how to come together when a child goes missing. Theyve turned out by the dozens and dozens to help police the fbi and other agencies to search for this missing 8yearold. It is a community that is very concerned for her welfare. Two distinct groups have been out searching for young madyson for about 24 hours. About 75 santa cruz officers are also tracking down leads and contacting 20 sex offenders. Volunteers have shown up to help search under the guidance of police. However, investigators insist this is not a kidnapping. Were not calling this a kidnapping. Were still early on in our investigation. Were calling it this is were looking for a lost child. It baffles Family Friends how madyson disappears. She would always be very concerned, vigilant, how to get back home. She didnt want to walk alone around here. You know she had escorts, she had a lot of friends. It hurts my heart. It hurts my soul. I am so sad. Especially when you think you kno
Santa rosa. Right now there are 400 people missing in Sonoma County alone. And more than 191thousand acres have burned state wide. And that number could rise. james good morning and thanks for joining us. Im james fletcher. robin and im robin winston. And we are continuing our coverage of the deadly firestorm in the north bay. Another big story from the fires, the smoke. And winds are pushing the fire smoke all over the bay area causing bad air quality and forcing hundreds of schools to close. james the state schools chief says nearly 600 schools with about 260 thousand students are affected. Heres the list of school closures. Lets go ahead and begin cycling through them. adlib over full screens of school robin robin robin fire officials have began the process of identifying the bodies of loved ones who were reported missing. The search itself has been incredibly challenging because the fire is still raging. Homes are too hot to search. Even when they know there is likely someone in th
Esplanade drive nature took its course. A giant sinkhole opened up. The owner says water got inside the concrete path. Just washed away. Thats why we had big cavities. This video taken by a passerby shows erosion of the cliffs above the shoreline. That erosion has had consequences. The property next to the beach path was declared unlivable earlier this year. The building is condemned because it sits too close to the crips to the cliffs edge. The apartment buildings next to that one have already been demolished and longtime neighbors further down on esplanade since the problems wont go away. This one could be next. Directly to our side and that will be coming out and this section right here will too. The city issued a statement saying the sinkhole is the responsibility of the owner. The geotechnical experts are examining reports that new bluff erosion, the beach path, pretty owner says he wont make the path safe. What were going to do right now is plug that area. Fill it up with concret
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