when others could not. sheriff said from the location of the body and other evidence at the anderson springs site it is likely that of 69-year-old leonard neft former reporter with the san jose mercury news and we spoke with his wife. she spoke with hill on saturday after the fire broke out. houston time we talk he said he did not think he was going to be able to get out and he would try to hike out if he had to. crews went out with dogs to search for those missing and they found the body presumed to that of neft and bruce burns reported missing september 14. they will work to confirm the identities of the two men. they have confirmed the identity of 72-year-old barbara mcwilliams a former school teacher with m.s. who was found in her burned out home in middletown on sunday. at least one more man is thought to be missing, searchers will try to find out what may have happened to him, all while colleagues on the other side of trying to get a handle that is only 35 percent
reporter mel knee woodrow in middle town. most residents have not been allowed here and you can see why. this home, totally destroyed. all that s left standing here is really a swing set. but as we pan around, another street just directly or rather another home just directly across the street has been okay. this is what it looks like not far from middletown community united methodist church. homes in ashes. it survived the 1918 fire of middle town that took out all of downtown. so, 97 years later, it also survived. our faith gives us strength to get over these tough times. chp says this driver from hidden valley became verbally combative with firefighters in middle town because they didn t save his friend s home. law enforcemented officers escorted the man out. a much different scenario from the largely faith-driven community that has taken this in stride. lake county, there s, you know, a big indian background here. and then, of course, urban hot springs is here
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"In the 1930s and 1940s, local surfers had trouble staying in the ocean for more than a half-hour, due to the frigid Alaskan Current turning their skin blue and rubbery," writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson. "They resorted to second-hand sweaters, sometimes treated with oil (a nerdy look for surfers), but they preferred 1890s wool bathing suits, which were 15¢ each at Goodwill. Then in 1959, Jack O'Neill opened his Cowell Beach surf shop where Dream Inn now stands."
Al Mitchell the visionary behind the Santa Cruz State Junior Lifeguards program started in 1966 died of natural causes July 25 at Dominican Hospital. He was 84.